William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade...
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Wilberforce University is a private historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio. Affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), it...
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Wilberforce may refer to: Wilberforce (name), for people (and fictional characters) with the name William Wilberforce (1759–1833), British politician...
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Samuel Wilberforce, FRS (7 September 1805 – 19 July 1873) was an English bishop in the Church of England, and the third son of William Wilberforce. Known...
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become what Lord Minto called "the Atlas of our reeling globe". William Wilberforce said, "For personal purity, disinterestedness and love of this country...
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Pocklington School (section William Wilberforce)
Gruggen and Rev. Hutton) and Wilberforce (named after the 18th/19th-century anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce who attended the school). The...
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Henry William Wilberforce (22 September 1807 – 23 April 1873) was an English Catholic clergyman, formerly a Tractarian, and thereafter a newspaper proprietor...
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William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Gabula Nadiope IV (born 1 November 1988), the Gabula of Bugabula, is the reigning Kyabazinga of Busoga, a constitutional...
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pursuing a career as an author, writing biographies of William Pitt the Younger and William Wilberforce. He also held several directorships, and worked as...
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William Wilberforce (21 July 1798 – 26 May 1879) was a British lawyer, the eldest son of William Wilberforce. He was briefly a Member of Parliament in...
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Barbara Ann Wilberforce (née Spooner; 1771 – 21 April 1847) was the spouse of abolitionist and MP William Wilberforce. She was born in Birches Green,...
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Quarter of Kingston-upon-Hull. It is the birthplace of social reformer William Wilberforce (1759–1833), who used his time as a member of Parliament to work...
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Sir William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Nadiope III (born in 1911) was the Prince of Bugabula, his father was Yosiya Nadiope who was the Bugabula Chief. He...
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The Wilberforce Monument is a monument honoring English politician and abolitionist William Wilberforce in Kingston Upon Hull, England. The ashlar structure...
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and fairness for all human beings. Their most famous member was William Wilberforce, widely commemorated in monuments and credited with hastening the...
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(2005) and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace (2006), Tony Blair in W. (2008), and Adam Lockwood...
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great-great-grandfather was the abolitionist William Wilberforce, a connection which had much influence upon him.: 260 Wilberforce spent the first seven years of his...
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princes and three saints. The Romantic poet William Wordsworth studied at St John's, as did William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson, two abolitionists who...
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the North Algona and Wilberforce townships were amalgamated. Wilberforce Township was named in 1851, to honour William Wilberforce. The township contains...
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Wilberforce is a name, both a surname and a given name. It is also the name of an English family, including William Wilberforce. Notable people with the...
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Charles Darwin for the PBS series Evolution and the abolitionist William Wilberforce in the radio production of Grace Victorious. Larkin also played Capt...
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in the English Civil Wars. Its 18th-century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, took a prominent part in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain...
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1832, holding the seat until 1837, when William Wilberforce defeated him. He regained it in 1838 when Wilberforce was unseated on petition. He had an interest...
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given a living allowance. He was named Wilberforce in honour of the English abolitionist William Wilberforce. Downing Street staff would reply to mail...
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Isaac Wilberforce (19 December 1802 – 3 February 1857) was an English clergyman and writer. He was second son of abolitionist William Wilberforce, and...
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continuance of the slave trade". In his speech to the House, William insulted William Wilberforce, the leading abolitionist, saying: "the proponents of the...
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in 1856, the community was also named for the English statesman William Wilberforce, who worked for the abolition of slavery and achieved the end of...
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Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (redirect from William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008)
Protection Act was renewed in 2003, 2006, 2008 (when it was renamed the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008). The...
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about a house in Wimpole Street.) William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner by William Hague. UK Retail Price Index inflation...
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and of the African slave trade. Fellow abolitionist of slavery, William Wilberforce, took Hartley's place as MP for Hull in 1780 and was co-Member during...
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