A letter on the abolition of the slave trade : addressed to the freeholders and other inhabitants of Yorkshire / William Wilberforce.

William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a politician, philanthropist and evangelical Christian, now best known for his work to end the slave trade. Elected to Parliament in 1780, he campaigned unsuccessfully for penal and electoral reform. In 1787, at the encouragement of William Pitt, he took up the ca...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author:	Wilberforce, William (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
Subjects:	Slavery. Slave trade > Great Britain. Antislavery movements > West Indies, British. Antislavery movements. Slave trade. Great Britain. West Indies > British West Indies.