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In 1806, Wilberforce’s friend James Stephen proposed a Bill banning British ships from carrying enslaved people to French colonies. Pro-slavery MPs didn't see the significance of the Bill and ...
Feb 17, 2011 · William Wilberforce is the name that most people in Britain immediately associate with the fight against slavery. Although he favoured a more cautious and gradual eradication of slavery, he was a ...
Wilberforce has always been the name most firmly attached to the narrative of abolition. When his bill to abolish the slave trade was finally passed on 25 March 1807, his role was acknowledged ...
Wilberforce presented his first bill to abolish the transatlantic slave trade in 1791 but it was easily defeated, by 163 votes to 88. Most conservative members of parliament had investments in the slave trade and did not want to see it end. In 1805 the House of Commons passed a bill to outlaw the transport of slaves by British subjects.
3 days ago · Title / Office: House of Commons (1780-1825), United Kingdom. William Wilberforce (born August 24, 1759, Hull, Yorkshire, England—died July 29, 1833, London) was a 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.
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William Wilberforce was a massive presence in the noble fight against slavery. Wilberforce was born in Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England in 1759 as the only son of Robert Wilberforce and Elizabeth Bird. William was a small, sickly child with poor eyesight, but this did not stop him from attending Hull Grammar School or taking part ...
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Anglicanism. Feast. 30 July. William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, and became an independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire (1784–1812).
