St Mary
Wednesday, 14 March 2007 in 38m (7cwt)
1296 Hull Surprise Minor
1 Christine J Sworder
2 Maryl R Chambers
3 Susan P E Legge
4 Tim Hawkings
5 David P Sworder
6 Stephen J Bateman (C)
Rung to commemorate the life and works of William Wilberforce (1759-1833). MP for Hull and social campaigner against the slave trade. He successfully promoted a bill outlawing it's practice in the West Indies (1807). He later pushed for the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire, resulting in the 1833 Abolition of Slavery Act.