|term_end2 = February 1825 | preceded2 = David Hartley | succeeded2 = Arthur Gough-Calthorpe |constituency2 = | birth_date = 24 August 1759 | birth_place = Kingston upon Hull, Great Britain | death_date = 29 July 1833 | death_place = London | alma_mater = University of Cambridge St John's College, Cambridge | party = Independent | spouse = Barbara Spooner | children = William, Barbara, Elizabeth, Robert, Samuel, and Henry | signature = Wilber.svg }} William Wilberforce was an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to stop the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventua...
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