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Slavery/Box 3/10
Unique identifier
GB 275 Slavery/Box 3/10
Title
'The speech of William Wilberforce representative for the county of York on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1789, on the question of the abolition of the slave trade'
Date(s)
- 1789 (Creation)
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76p
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Name of creator
(1759-1833)
Biographical history
Entered St John's 1776; BA 1781; MA 1788; MP for Hull 1780-4; for Yorkshire 1784-1812; for Bamber 1812-25; Founded the Proclamation Society, for the suppression of vice, in 1787; Parliamentary leader for the cause for the abolition of slavery from 1787; carried the bill through the House of Commons 1807; retired from political life 1825, due to ill-health; buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Scope and content
Includes further resolutions and a short sketch of the speeches of the other members. Printed in London by J. Walter.