William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]
… Gallery, NPG 4997, 1833. Résumé 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 were decisive. ‘The voice of abolition‘, as he was nicknamed, was first and foremost a sociable voice: having converted to evangelical activism, he … his country and delineated a new model of sociability that was philanthropic and religious. People > Politics Mots-clés Abolition Activism Benevolence Charity Evangelicalism Friendship Philanthropy Religion Slavery William Wilberforce has …
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