William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]
… vol. I, 35), while in Hull he relished ‘sumptuous suppers’ ( The Life , vol. I, Journal, April 14, 1797, 31). 4 . On a tour of the continent with him he observed that ‘men and women crowded round (him) in shoals,’ The Life of William … and the realisation of the necessity to abide by a ‘strict new moral code’. 7 This was the consequence of his second Grand Tour (1785), accompanied by Isaac Milner who was instrumental in transforming him into a devout young man. Wilberforce …
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