who was william wilberforce
William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 â 29 July 1833) was an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.n 1826, Wilberforce moved from his large house in Kensington Gore to Highwood Hill, a more modest property in the countryside of Mill Hill, north of London, where he was soon joined by his son William and family.