William Wilberforce · 2019

Aug 5, 2019Reported claimRated Wilberforce was an independent MP, though he was fairly loyal to the Tory Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger. · Full Fact

William Wilberforce

Full Fact rated the claim “William Wilberforce, the MP who campaigned to abolish slavery, was a Tory.” Wilberforce was an independent MP, though he was fairly loyal to the Tory Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger..

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