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Today we're remembering William Wilberforce, who died on this day in 1833. Born in Yorkshire in 1759, Wilberforce was a British politician and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. It was in the 1780s that Wilberforce first became involved in the abolitionist cause after meeting Thomas Clarkson, Granville Sharpe and Hannah Moore, who persuaded him to join their movement. From then on, he devoted his life to fighting slavery, and he died just three days after hearing that the passage of the 1883 Slavery Abolition Act through Parliament was assured. Of course, Wilberforce has become the historical face of the abolitionist movement, but there were many others whose names are less well-known, like Thomas Clarkson, Olaudah Equiano and Ignatius Sancho. #williamwilberforce #wilberforce #slavery #abolition #abolitionist #abolitionism #clarkson #equiano #sancho #slave #slaves #history #slavetrade