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Attempt an assessment of the part played by William Wilberforce in the abolition of slavery
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By the early 1700's Britain's position as the worlds foremost commercial power had become well established. One "...profitable and necessary branch of commerce" (V:pg.63) which had contributed to the achievement of this rank, was that of slave trading. During this period England's leadership of the trade was viewed as "...a symbol of the country's naval and commercial greatness"(V: pg.60) but, as the century continued and the Age of Enlightenment dawned, opinion radically altered. Growing numbers of British peoples now denounced slavery as the "...most monstrous outrage." (V: pg.60) and called for its abolition. At the forefront of the abolition movement was the independent Member of Parliament for Hull, William Wilberforce. He was a devout Evangelical, who used his political position as "...a platform for his religious views" (V: pg.54) and took up the cause of the Negro slaves "...when he was in his twenties and received the news of their...
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