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William Wilberforce
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William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce
(24 August 175929 July 1833) was an English politician,
philanthropist
, and a leader of the movement to abolish the
slave trade
. A native of
Kingston upon Hull
,
Yorkshire
, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the
independent
Member of Parliament
for
Yorkshire
(1784–1812). In 1785, he became an
Evangelical
Christian
, which resulted in major changes to his lifestyle and a lifelong concern for reform.
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