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William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]

… Abstract William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a key figure in the successive campaigns for the abolition of the slave trade and of slavery … Re-moralization Christianity Clapham Friendship Pitt Hannah More Philanthropy Activism Charity Benevolence William Wilberforce has gone down in history as the powerful voice of abolition in the British Parliament. He came to embody the … of poverty and the reformation of manners – that can be traced to the same origin, namely the devotion to Christ. Wilberforce, from his ‘conversion’ until his death, engaged in a sort of systemic activism that entailed a complex …

Hannah More (and philanthropic sociability) [ Religion & Philanthropy / Politics & Society / Religious Belief ]

… Bluestocking Education Evangelicalism Friendship Manners Philanthropy Poverty Reformation Religion Slavery Women Wilberforce Hannah More (1745-1833), who was one of the first women writers to become famous in Britain and later abroad, … high spirits and seriousness in a blend similar to her own.’ (Demers, The World, 8) It is in Bath that she met William Wilberforce and that the two conceived a scheme to improve the condition of the Mendip labourers. At first, the cement of … the second generation of bluestockings she helped maintain it in the limelight. Even in the case of her friendship with Wilberforce, it is literature that brought them together and he acted as literary adviser. ‘ Barley Wood 24 September …

Assembly rooms [ Sports & Leisure / Associational culture / Dance, Music & Songs ]

… hub for lectures, music, dancing, and other entertainments. Bath’s Assembly Rooms, for instance, were the setting for Wilberforce’s anti-slavery meeting in 1830. William Wilberforce, abolitionist and former MP for Yorkshire and Bramber, addressed ‘so numerous and respectable a company’ in …

Sugar [ Food & Drink ]

… trade and the institution of slavery to sugar, vented popular feelings. The 1790s saw several attempts, led by William Wilberforce, to introduce a bill to abolish the slave trade. If petitioning was one major form of protest on the …

Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]

… Bath, 160), and the new trend towards mass mobilization, as demonstrated by the actions of Hannah More and William Wilberforce. Hannah More, for her part, used her Bath connections for philanthropic and political ends – in particular in …