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18th-19th century anti-slavery campaigner ... 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. ... Ancient History in-depth...
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How important was he to the cause? by Adam Hochschild ... 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? ... African History: a Very Short Introduction by John Parker and Richard Rathbone (Oxford, 2007)
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In the late 1700s, when William Wilberforce was a teenager, English traders raided the African coast on the Gulf of Guinea, captured between 35,000 and 50,000 Africans a year, shipped them across the Atlantic, and sold them into slavery. ... Christian History Home > Activists > William Wilberforce...
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William Wilberforce, abolitionist: biography, bibliography, links, and images ... Wilberforce's many parliamentary speeches have never been collected into one place. Few exist in definitive versions. The most reliable versions can be found in: William Cobbett's The Parliamentary History of England.
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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. ... Interpretations in History...
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Article abstract: Guided by his Evangelical views, Wilberforce led the fight to end the slave trade and later slavery in the British Empire. He also sought to reform the morals ... William Wilberforce was born into a prosperous merchant family from Hull. An only son, he was small, frail, and plagued with... ... Salem on History...
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William Wilberforce may have been ‘sent out of the way’ to Pocklington in 1771 as a boarder at Pocklington School in order to distance him from the influence of his Methodist uncle and aunt in Wimbledon. But his family nevertheless had long standing links with both the school and the ... > Pocklington History Group ;
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In celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the end of the British slave trade, we are going to relive the story of William Wilberforce, the man chiefly responsible for ending the British slave trade. ... Wilberforce would later call this encounter a “singular accident” in history, saying that if he had...
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