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2 giorni fa · William Wilberforce (1759–1833), politician and philanthropist who was a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. After the formation of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1787, William Wilberforce led the cause of abolition through the parliamentary campaign.
3 giorni fa · William Wilberforce was born in 1759 in Hull, England. He attended Cambridge University, where he met future Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. Pitt and Wilberforce would become lifelong friends and political allies. Wilberforce was elected to Parliament in 1780, initially without a particular focus on social reform. Turn to Abolitionism
2 giorni fa · In June 2007 he published his second book, a biography of the anti-slave trade campaigner William Wilberforce, shortlisted for the 2008 Orwell Prize for political writing. Hague's annual income was the highest in Parliament, with earnings of about £400,000 a year from directorships, consultancy, speeches and his parliamentary salary.
1 giorno fa · Auch die Abschaffung der Sklaverei ist mit dem Namen eines Christen verbunden, William Wilberforce, Frank Heinrichs großes Vorbild. Doch trotzdem, so überraschend es auch klingt, sind heute viel mehr Menschen versklavt, ob nun in der Prostitution oder in der Produktion, als in jeder anderen geschichtlichen Epoche.
5 giorni fa · William Wilberforce Fellow Jennifer Scott is a student at Texas Women’s University (TWU) and one of the few Fellows in the 2023-2024 school year who was able to start a brand-new SFLA group at her university.
2 giorni fa · In a message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and other senior officials this week, federal government attorneys invoked British abolitionist William Wilberforce: “You may choose to look the ...
4 giorni fa · British parliamentarian William Wilberforce’s legacy rests on his bold public stance against slavery.The legendary 18th- and 19th-century abolitionist stood up before the British people in the ...
