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Wilberforce, and people like him, ended the global slave trade that had existed for several thousand years.
They didn’t invent it, but they did stop it.
I should say almost entirely. There are still remnants of it in some parts of the world.
Proudofus.uk@ProudofusUK· Feb 15, 2026He was DEFEATED ELEVEN TIMES.
Attacked. Threatened with DEATH. Nearly blind.
Addicted to opium just to function. They told him to stop. He spent forty-six years refusing.
His name was William Wilberforce. Born in Hull, 1759.
He could have lived a comfortable life. Wealthy
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