WILBERFORCE: SLAVERY, RELIGION AND POLITICS

Series Two: Papers of William Wilberforce (1759-1833) and related slavery and anti-slavery materials from Wilberforce House, Hull

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Background

Wilberforce House booklet
Material from the Exhibition Rooms (excluding Wilberforce Diary and Slaver’s Log)
BOX 5: Wilberforce Pictures

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William Wilberforce: Early Career

BOX 1: William Wilberforce: Early Ephemera, 1707-1805
BOX 2: William Wilberforce Election Ephemera, 1807

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Slavery

Slaver’s log (from Exhibition)
BOX 10: Slavery Ephemera, 1730’s-1860’s
BOX 3: Slavery Pictures/Cuttings, 1830’s-1840’s

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The Slavery Debate

BOX 11: Pro and Anti-Slavery Ephemera, 1770-1840
BOX 4: Anti-Slavery Ephemera, 1830’s-1840’s

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William Wilberforce: The Campaign to Abolish Slavery

William Wilberforce Diary, 1814-1823 (from Exhibition)

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William Wilberforce: The Campaign to Abolish Slavery

BOX 13: Misc volumes concerning Slavery & Government Legislation, 1698-1828

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William Wilberforce: The Campaign to Abolish Slavery

BOX 13 (cont): Misc volumes concerning Slavery & Government Legislation, 1698-1828
BOX 6: Slavery Cuttings and Wilberforce’s Government Papers, 1770-1831

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William Wilberforce: The Campaign to Abolish Slavery

BOX 16: William Wilberforce letters, 1832-1833
Miscellaneous William Wilberforce letters from other archives in Hull

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Correspondence of other Abolitionists

BOX 7: Letters of Granville Sharp and others, 1750’s-1840’s (excluding King Correspondence, 1786-1843 - on next reel)

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Plantation Records

BOX 7 (end): King Correspondence, 1786-1843
BOX 12: King Correspondence, 1820’s-1840’s

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Plantation Records

BOX 12 (cont): King Correspondence, 1820’s-1840’s

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Plantation Records

BOX 9: Plantation Journals, 1826-1840

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Plantation Records

BOX 8: Plantation Journals, 1837-1844

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William Wilberforce: Commemorations

BOX 14: Commemorations: 1934, 1959
BOX 15: Commemorations: 1934, 1959

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Slavery Periodicals

BOX 19: The British Emancipator, 1837-1840

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William Wilberforce Correspondence

SUPPLEMENT: 216 letters, 1792-1857