No man in all of history fought as hard or as long to abolish slavery as William Wilberforce did throughout his life. A member of the British Parliament, he introduced anti-slavery measures year after year for 40 years until he retired in 1825. On this day in 1833, as he lay dying, word was brought to him that the bill …
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