Timeline Monday 29 July 1833

Events on Monday 29 July 1833 1

• 1759 – 1833 William Wilberforce (1759-1833) Died 29 July 1833, aged 73 William Wilberforce was the leading figure in the British parliamentary campaign against the slave trade and slavery itself, working for decades to secure abolition. He died just three days after learning that the Slavery Abolition Act would pass through Parliament. He is remembered worldwide as a central figure in the abolitionist movement.