William Wilberforce TRV012000 much of it spent in

much of it spent in exile or in prison

who adopted me the moment we met

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a former Teacher of the Year

William Wilberforce TRV012000 much of it spent inWilliam Wilberforce is now remembered mainly for his leadership of the two great crusades to abolish the Slave Trade and later to free the slaves. He took up their cause when he was in his twenties and received the news of their freedom on his deathbed at the age of seventy three. Abolition was the most famous of his causes but there were many others. He sat in Parliament for nearly fifty years, where he voted and spoke entirely as his conscience