Wilberforce's first abolition speech
1789 · Event
Wilberforce speaks for three and a half hours in the Commons against the slave trade; his motion is defeated, as it will be almost every year for eighteen years.
On these timelines: Slavery & Abolition, Master, United Kingdom (combined), British Empire
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