..................... died in 1833, just three days before Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which effectively banned slavery in the British Empire.

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William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. He died just days before the Slavery Abolition Act, which he had campaigned for throughout his life, was passed in 1833.

Died in 1833, Just Three Days Before Parliament Passed