Wilberforce
Ended British slavery
Wilberforce is a surname, most associated with William Wilberforce (1759–1833), the British politician and philanthropist who led the parliamentary campaign to abolish the slave trade.
The name appears in institutions honoring his legacy: Wilberforce University, the Wilberforce Institute.
It occasionally serves as a given name, typically in tribute to the abolitionist.
Formal discontinuation of practice
- slaveryOwnership of people
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- antislaveryOpposing human bondage
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
Middle Passage · slave trade · freedom · liberation · manumission · Quaker · petition · campaign
Proxy rule period
- WestminsterLondon's political center
- PittPittsburgh school nickname
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
- House of CommonsElected parliamentary chamber
George III · Hull · Yorkshire · Cambridge · oratory · evangelical revival · Church of England · Methodism
Generous giving for others
- activismDirect effort for reform
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- crusaderZealous advocate for change
moralist · evangelical · social reform · prison reform · animal welfare · SPCA · education · Sunday schools
Male given name
- MPElected parliamentary representative
- politicianElected government official
- statesmanRespected political leader
- ChristianAdherent of the gospel
convert · faith · perseverance · dedication · conscience · conviction · obituary · biography
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- slaveryOwnership of people
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- antislaveryOpposing human bondage
transatlantic · Middle Passage · slave trade · freedom · liberation · manumission · Quaker · petition · campaign · Clarkson
Regency
Proxy rule period
- WestminsterLondon's political center
- PittPittsburgh school nickname
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
George III · House of Commons · Hull · Yorkshire · Cambridge · oratory · evangelical revival · Church of England · Methodism · landed gentry
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
- activismDirect effort for reform
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- advocatePublic cause supporter
crusader · moralist · evangelical · social reform · prison reform · animal welfare · SPCA · education · Sunday schools · charity
William
Male given name
- MPElected parliamentary representative
- politicianElected government official
- statesmanRespected political leader
Christian · convert · faith · perseverance · dedication · conscience · conviction · obituary · biography · Amazing Grace
- Abolitionismabolitionists, abolitionist movement, anti-slavery, antislavery, abolitionism
- Faith and Sciencefaith and reason, intelligent design, creationism, creation science, evolution debate
- HawkesburyWindsor, Richmond, Ebenezer, Oakville, Cornwallis
- LiberatorsSimon Bolivar, Bolivar, George Washington, Washington, Nelson Mandela
- oratorypublic speaking, speeches, oration, orations, addresses
- slaverychattel slavery, enslaved, slave, enslavement, slave traders
Wilberforceslave trader
Dealer in human captives
John C. Calhoun · slaveholder · Jefferson Davis · plantation owner
Wilberforceoppressor
One who dominates cruelly
exploiter · tyrant · reactionary · overseer · taskmaster
Wilberforceslavery
Ownership of people
slave trade · human bondage · chattel slavery · oppression · injustice
force, forces, forced, forcing, forceful, forcefully, enforce, reinforce