William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]
… Wilberforce’, © National Portrait Gallery, NPG 4997, 1833. Abstract William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a key figure in the successive campaigns for the abolition of the slave trade and of slavery in Britain. His long parliamentary speeches were crucial in the success of his fight, but it is primarily his personality and the moral virtues he came to embody that … nature of slavery led him to live up to new ideals. 19 He fought for a transformation of Britain’s identity, its re-moralization, and confidently stated: ‘ere long we shall rejoice in the consciousness of having delivered our country …
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