Claim: William Wilberforce, the MP who campaigned to abolish slavery, was a Tory.
Fact-check: Was William Wilberforce a Tory? - Full Fact
Verdict: wilberforce was an independent mp, though he was fairly loyal to the tory prime minister, william pitt the younger.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-08-05T00:00:00