William Wilberforce was a British lawyer, the eldest son of William Wilberforce. He was briefly a Member of Parliament in 1837–38.
Mrs William Wilberforce and Child by John Linnell, 1824
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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