English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)
William Wilberforce was an English politician and abolitionist who lived from 1759 to 1833 and played a leading role in the movement to end slavery in the British Empire. His work matters because he helped secure the abolition of the slave trade and slavery itself during a crucial period when these practices were deeply embedded in British society and economics.
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William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic 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). In 1785, he underwent a conversion experience and became an evangelical Anglican, which resulted in major changes to his lifestyle and a lifelong concern for reform.
In 1787, Wilberforce came into contact with Thomas Clarkson and a group of activists against the transatlantic slave trade, including Granville Sharp, Hannah More and Charles Middleton. They persuaded Wilberforce to take on the cause of abolition, and he became a leading English abolitionist. He headed the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade for 20 years until the passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807.
· 1958 · cited 28,531x
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