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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. | |
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