On the road to abolition

8. Houses of Parliament and Westminster Hall

The passage through Parliament of the Slave Trade Act of 1807 and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 were in a large part due to the leadership of the then member for Hull, William Wilberforce.

8. Houses of Parliament and Westminster Hall

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