William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]
… Image George Richmond, ‘William Wilberforce’, © National Portrait Gallery, NPG 4997, 1833. Abstract William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a key figure in the successive campaigns … in Behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies (London: Hatchard and Son, 1823), p. 95-96. In this respect, the portrait of Olaudah Equiano, posing as a black gentleman (Royal Albert Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter: it might also be …
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