A man called William Wilberforce was someone who is looked upon as they key abolitionist of slavery. He fought hard in government to pass a Abolitionist bill in 1807.
‘Following the 1807 victory, Wilberforce and his fellow abolitionists fought a series of further actions involving the slave trade, such as trying to prevent France being allowed to resume its slave trade after the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Throughout his life he continued his other philanthropic and Evangelical projects, ranging from visiting prisoners in jail and urging them to repent of their sins, to promoting Christian missionaries in India - work that he declared to be just as important as ending slavery.
He gave generously to those in need, although he wanted the poor to know 'that their more lowly path has been allotted to them by the hand of God'.’
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/william_wilberforce_article_03.shtml)
Monday 30 June 2008
