William Wilberforce
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William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career
Portrait c. 1794
A statue of William Wilberforce outside Wilberforce House, his birthplace in Hull
William Wilberforce by John Rising, 1790, pictured at the age of 30
Diagram of a slave ship, the Brookes, illustrating how slaves were transported
Samuel Wilberforce
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Samuel Wilberforce was an English bishop in the Church of England, and the third son of William Wilberforce.
William Wilberforce
…political activities. They had six children in fewer than ten years: William (born 1798), Barbara (born 1799), Elizabeth (born 1801), Robert (born 1802), Samuel (born 1805) and Henry (born 1807). Wilberforce was an indulgent and adoring father who revelled in his time at home and at play with his children…
Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron
The arms of Wilberforce are displayed in a garter over the doorway of 39a St Giles in Oxford
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Samuel Wilberforce, painted by George Richmond, 1868