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William Wilberforce
1759 – 1833 · England
“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”
Proverbs 31:8–9 (KJV)
In the Life of the Saints
A member of Parliament converted to evangelical faith, Wilberforce spent decades fighting the British slave trade despite repeated defeats and failing health. In 1807 the trade was abolished; days before his death in 1833, slavery itself was outlawed throughout the British Empire.
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