William Wilberforce Is Against Slavery
William Wilberforce (1759-1833), who had led a dissipated life in the company of such distinguished persons as the younger Pitt, was converted through Isaac Milner’s efforts. He then dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. In 1772, a court decision made the ownership of slaves impossible in England. In 1807 Parliament passed an act that banned Englishmen from participating in the slave trade. Evangelical public opinion, working through the English…