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William Wilberforce
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- William Wilberforce was a philanthropist, politician, social activist, and the leading figure in the British abolitionist movement. He convinced Parliament to put a stop to the slave trade in 1807 and to end slavery within the British Empire in 1833. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism; Wilberforce, William (1759–1833)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/William_Wilberforce
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