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William Wilberforce 1759-1833

 

William Wilberforce 1759-1833

British William Wilberforce has his place in history because of his strong views against slavery, which put him in direct opposition to one of the main sources of commercial revenue of the British Empire at the time.

Image Above

William Wilberforce by John Rising (b. 1753, d. London 1817)

Oil on canvas, 1790.

Wilberforce House Museum

This portrait of William Wilberforce depicts him at the age of 29, when he was taking up the cause for the abolition of the Slave Trade in Parliament.


 

Wilberforce House Museum
Front Entrance of the Wilberforce House Museum
The House was built around 1660.
William Wilberforce was born here on August 24, 1759.

The Wilberforce House has been a museum since 1906.

 


William Wilberforce's Views and Values

Wilberforce was a spiritual man.

Around 1790, he became one of the leaders of the Clapham Sect, who were evangelical Christians, abolitionists, but other than that politically on the conservative side.

Clapham, by the way, is located in the south of London and used to be the Manor of Clapham back in the days.

Here is the map. Look for Battersea.

Vicinity of London 1200-1600
London Vicinity 1200-1600

 

Back to Wilberforce.


On May 12, 1789, Wilberforce delivered his
Abolition speech to the House of Commons in London, in which he, one by one, addressed all major arguments that circulated against the abolition of the slave trade.

Four hours later, William Pitt the Younger thanked William Wilberforce

"for the manner in which he had brought the subject before the House, not merely in regard to the masterly, forcible, and perspicuous mode of argument which he had pursued respecting it, but particularly for having chosen the only way in which it could be made obvious to the world, that they were warranted in every ground of fact and of reason, in coming to that vote, which he trusted would be the end of their proceeding."

 

William Wilberforce's Family

William's son was Samuel Wilberforce, the Bishop of Oxford, later Winchester.

 


William Wilberforce 1759-1833
William Wilberforce

 

 

William Wilberforce's Brief Biography

August 24, 1759 - Birth at Hull, Yorkshire, England

Education at Cambridge

1780 - Enters Parliament

1784 - Converts to evangelical Christianity

1787 - Begins his quest for the abolition of the slave trade

1787 - Founder of the Proclamation Society  

September 1791 - Is made honorary citizen of France

1807, March 2 - The U.S. Congress approves the Slave Trade Act, which effective from January 1, 1808, will abolish the importation of slaves. The slave trade is outlawed.

1815 - Speaks in favor of the Corn Laws

1823 - Founder of the Anti-Slavery Society, aka the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade

1833, July 26 - The Slavery Abolition Bill is passed by the Commons

1833, July 29 - Death at London

1833, August 28 - The Slavery Abolition Act becomes law
 


 

 

 

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