William Wilberforce was a British politician and philanthropist who worked tirelessly to end the transatlantic slave trade. He was the chief proponent of the Abolition Bill which was finally passed by Parliament in 1807, ending the British slave trade.

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William Wilberforce

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William Wilberforce

A) wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
B) pushed a bill through Parliament that ended the slave trade.
C) was the chief proponent of conservatism in the eighteenth century.
D) focused his efforts on gaining complete equality for women.
E) was the leader of the British forces that surrendered at Yorktown.

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