William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]
… can be seen as a strategic location, particularly his Wimbledon one where he implemented ‘the system of frank and simple hospitality which marked his London life’ ( The Life , vol. I, 35), while in Hull he relished ‘sumptuous suppers’ ( The …
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