[3] He was an active member of the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society, which campaigned for abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1838.

On the anniversary of the abolition a celebration was again held in Birmingham and it was Morgan who distributed information and invitations to the local Sunday Schools.

[4] Morgan was a founder of the local Baptist Union and served as secretary to the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society[3][5] revived around 1835,[6] when British slavery was made illegal (in 1838).

[6] The picture shows him at the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention which was organised by Morgan's colleague Joseph Sturge.

[2] In 1866, the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society sent Morgan to Jamaica.