William wilberforce

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‘William Wilberforce (1759–1833)’ was created by John Russell in Rococo style. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce by J. Davies, 1792.

William Wilberforce

Quotes from William Wilberforce

Quotes by William Wilberforce and his great, great grandson.

One of the most celebrated hymns of the Christian tradition was written by a captain of a British slave ship turned evangelical preacher. Kurt Barling writes it's just one of the many hidden legacies of the African slave trade in the City of London.

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William Wilberforce, British politician and philanthropist who from 1787 was prominent in the struggle to abolish the slave trade and then to abolish slavery itself in British overseas possessions. His efforts led to the rescinding of the practice in the British West Indies in 1807 and its total abolition in 1833.

William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. He began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire (1784–1812). In 1787 he took on the cause of abolition, and became one of the leading English abolitionists. He headed the parliamentary campaign against the slave trade for 26 years until the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807.

Confronted with the evidence of the inhumanity of slavery, William Wilberforce’s hope was to abolish it throughout the British Empire.

William Wilberforce Glossy Poster Picture Photo Parliament Yorkshire Uk 1382

John Wesley's last letter to William Wilberforce