Historical figure

William Wilberforce

1759 – 1833

Member of Parliament and abolitionist 18th-19th century United Kingdom

British politician who led a parliamentary campaign for decades until the slave trade was banned in 1807 and slavery was abolished in the colonies in 1833.

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Database
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database (SlaveVoyages) David Eltis et al. · Emory University · 2019 Discussed in Transatlantic Slave Trade: Numbers, Routes, and Lasting Impacts
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Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade David Eltis dan David Richardson · Yale University Press · 2010 Discussed in Transatlantic Slave Trade: Numbers, Routes, and Lasting Impacts
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The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1870 Hugh Thomas · Simon & Schuster · 1997 Discussed in Transatlantic Slave Trade: Numbers, Routes, and Lasting Impacts

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Transatlantic Slave Trade: Numbers, Routes, and Lasting Impacts

Between the 16th and 19th centuries, millions of Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean to be sold as slaves in the Americas. This trade was…

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