British statesman, evangelical Christian, and humanitarian who worked for the abolition of slavery. He was an MP for Yorkshire aligned with Fox and Sheridan.

REFERENCES TO William Wilberforce:

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 1 October 1795 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning, [5 April 1800] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 24 May 1803 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

James Currie to Thomas Creevey, 2 October 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 11 May 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

William Roscoe to William Shepherd, [February? 1807] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

Walter Scott to Joanna Baillie, 18 September 1808 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Samuel Whitbread to Thomas Creevey, 8 November 1809 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord John Townshend to Lady Melbourne, [1812 c.?] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Prince Sandars to William Roscoe, [1812?] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

Sydney Smith to Thomas Creevey, 6 June 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, [September 1812] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Richard Sharp to Samuel Rogers, 3 October 1814 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 3 December 1814 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Henry Grey Bennet to Thomas Creevey, 12 July 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 31 October 1815 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 1 June 1818 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Robert Southey to C. W. W. Wynn, 4 November 1818 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 16 August 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 17 August 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 20 January 1821 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 19 February 1821 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Lord Byron to John Murray, 9 October 1822 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 23 February 1823 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Grímur Jónsson Thorkelín to William Roscoe, [10 June 1823] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton, [Spring 1824] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Lord Byron to James Kennedy, 10 March 1824 in Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and others, held in Cephalonia, a short time previous to His Lordship’s Death (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to Dr. James Kennedy, 10 March 1824 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Leicester Stanhope to Lord Byron, 17 April 1824 in Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (London: Edward Moxon, 1858)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 4 May 1824 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [16 July 1851] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)