Wilberforce acted as a catalyst in the Anti-Slavery campaign. He was a key member in the London Committee (the committee that focused on gathering evidence and petitions to fight against the slave trade and later on, slavery as a whole) and acted as the political fighter for the cause.
Obviously, there were other factors and individuals involved, such as Thomas Clarkson, who travelled practically, all around the world trying to find evidence against the trade and create connections with people and gather signatures for massive petitions to give as evidence in Parliament; Elizabeth Heyrick, who began the women's involvement in mass campaigning for the end of slavery, which in turn influenced the Anti-Slavery Committee Wilberforce and Clarkson were involved in, to change their approach to lobbying for 'Immediate' Abolition rather than 'Gradual' which, had previously, not gotten anywhere. Also, the economic factor cannot be ignored - it has been suggested that the industry would have 'ran out of its own steam' economically too - don't make me going into specifics but basically if there are like a hundred different brands of sugar - the consumer is going to buy the cheapest one, therefore the profits lower etc etc.
However, Wilberforce definitely played a part - without his relentless energy and resilience against the constant opposition in parliament, accompanied by his respectability, his media image (look through some poetry, he's always perceived in a positive light) and his unfaltering confidence in the campaign would the Abolition of Slave Trade Act have been passed in 1807? Probably not, it would have been a lot later.
Yes wiliam wiberforce was higly important. wiliam was a campaigner for the rights of black people in the English Parliament in the 1790's
He was leader of a movement to abolish the slave trade. His campaign led to the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire
William Wilberforce was an English politician. Hew was born in 1759 and died in 1833. Besides his political career has was also a philanthropist and was one of the major persons in the British anti-slave trade movement.
William Wilberforce
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He was leader of a movement to abolish the slave trade. His campaign led to the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire
William Wilberforce was an English politician. Hew was born in 1759 and died in 1833. Besides his political career has was also a philanthropist and was one of the major persons in the British anti-slave trade movement.
William Wilberforce
He was a British polititian and he stopped the slave trade
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William Wilberforce
Humanitarian reasons- and the writings of one William Wilberforce.
William Wilberforce was a British politician and philanthropist who campaigned tirelessly for the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire. John Newton, a former slave ship captain turned abolitionist, influenced Wilberforce with his personal account of the brutality of the slave trade. Together, their efforts led to the passing of the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which abolished the transatlantic slave trade in the British Empire.
William Wilberforce was a British politician and social reformer and also an evangelical Christian. He was appalled at slavery and considered all people as free and equal before God. His view was that slavery could not be justified on moral and religious grounds in a civilised society. Contrary to many answers on this site, William Wilberforce never owned any slaves not did he take part in any aspect of the Slave Trade. Click on the link below for more information on William Wilberforce.
William Wilberforce but it wasn't until 1807.
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William Wilberforce did not give up because he was deeply passionate about ending the slave trade. He believed it was his moral duty to fight for the rights and dignity of enslaved individuals. Despite facing intense opposition and setbacks, he remained determined and resilient in his efforts, ultimately leading to the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire.