NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 NRA: Wilberforce William (1759-1833) MP philanthropist DNB: Wilberforce, William (1759-1833), politician, philanthropist, and slavery abolitionist LBT ID: WiWilbe1833 VIAF ID: 36925883 LOC ID: n50015673 | B/BAP: 1759-08-24 DIED: 1833-07-29 |
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British statesman, evangelical Christian, and humanitarian who worked for the abolition
of slavery. He was an MP for Yorkshire aligned with Fox and Sheridan. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF William Wilberforce: William Roscoe to William Wilberforce, [30 January 1808] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) William Roscoe to William Wilberforce, [June 1810] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) |