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William Wilberforce, abolitionist: biography, bibliography, links, and images ... William Wilberforce (1759-1833) ... In the country at large abolitionist sentiment was growing rapidly. While the king's illness and the Regency Bill crisis no doubt supplanted the slave trade as the chief topic of political conversation in the...
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William Wilberforce, abolitionist: biography, bibliography, links, and images ... Main British Abolitionists Page | William Wilberforce: Biography and Bibliography...
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William Wilberforce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Wilberforce, the son of a wealthy merchant, was born in Hull in 1759. William's father died when he was young and for a time was brought up by an uncle and aunt. William came under the influence of his aunt, who was a strong supporter of John Wesley and the Methodist movement.
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William Wilberforce was born on 24 August 1759 in Hull, the son of a wealthy merchant. He studied at Cambridge University where he began a lasting friendship with the future prime minister, William Pitt the Younger. ... The abolitionist Thomas Clarkson had an enormous influence on Wilberforce. He and others were...
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William Wilberforce has received much of the credit for the abolition of the slave trade, but does the story of the campaign support this view? ... 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...
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William Wilberforce lived in England from 1759 - 1833. He was born in Hull, England. Wilberforce was a politician, reformer, abolitionist, philanthropist and statesman. He became a member of Parliament in 1780 and served in that capacity until 1812. ... 1. William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade...
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William Wilberforce, as a Member of Parliament, ... The abolitionist and civil rights hero, Frederick Douglass saluted the energy of Wilberforce as the factor "that finally thawed the British heart into sympathy for the slave, and moved the strong arm of government in mercy to put an end to this bondage.
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The BBC recently did an on-air documentary about William Wilberforce, replete with dramatizations and interviews. You can listen to it here or read an outline of the program. You can also read or listen to John Piper's biographical sketch of Wilberforce's life.
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William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a deeply religious man whose political views were very conservative, but who devoted most of his parliamentary career to the abolition of the slave trade and slavery.
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