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The Wilberforce Legacy
By Kristen Butler
Submitted: 2/18/2009
The year was 1796. Parliament had convened in early February, and was now conferring on the issue of slavery in the West Indies, a trade in which Britain had long been engaged. William Wilberforce, by now a well respected and established Parliamentarian, had just introduced a motion to ban the practice of slavery. A rousing debate ensued, during which a fellow member of Parliament reminded his colleagues of a recent uprising in the West Indies, and urged them to “wait at least till the return of peace” before dealing with the issue of slavery.
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