Through politicians like William Wilberforce, MP for Kingston upon Hull, there was pressure within parliament to abolish slavery. There were also campaigns, boycotts, and protests by abolitionist ...

Meet the heart of William Wilberforce’s abolitionist movement. William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect founded Sierra Leone, then tolerated a form of slavery there, a new book reveals.

William Wilberforce used the model during the Abolition Campaign to demonstrate the horrors of the Middle Passage.The model was based on an actual slave ship built in Liverpool in 1780-81 and co ...

In 1797, William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd), the great crusader for the British abolition of slavery, is taking a vacation for his health even while he is sicker at heart for his frustrated cause.

He was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1792 until his death. He was known as an orator and pushed for the abolition of the slave trade with his friend William Wilberforce. Much of his ministry ...