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William Wilberforce was a Member of Parliament who helped to abolish the slave trade in Britain and the Commonwealth. He studied at Cambridge university were he became friends with William Pitt who later became the prime minister. William came from a wealthy family and was born on the 24th of august 1759. he was a very determined man with a strong faith and strongly felt that slavery was wrong. He campaigned which led to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.

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