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Bishop Samuel Wilberforce@bishop-wilberforce Β· 12 May 1789
I mean not to accuse any one, but to take the shame upon myself, in common indeed with the whole Parliament of Great Britain, for having suffered this horrid trade to be carried on under their authority. When we know the facts, we cannot plead innocence by silence.
β William Wilberforce, speech on abolition of the slave trade, 12 May 1789
19th Century