Project to edit the manuscript diaries of the abolitionist MP, William Wilberforce. Led by Prof John Coffey @uniofleicester. Supported by the Marc Fitch Fund.
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The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
#OTD 1807 the Slave Trade Act was passed, abolishing the trade of enslaved people in the British Empire.
But why then was the Slavery Abolition Act passed 26 years later? Find out more below:
historyofparliament.com/2024…
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
225 years ago, one of our founders was William Wilberforce MP, so celebrating our anniversary in Parliament felt fitting! Thanks to @LordBlunkett for hosting, and to Ministers @StephenCTimms @SKinnock for speaking alongside self-advocates Tim and Rebecca.
seeability.org/news/celebrat…
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
Slightly late for Guy Fawkes Night, but here's a record of #Hull's William Wilberforce being burned in effigy in Bristol in 1791! @Hull_Museums @hull_libraries
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
At the General Election 1790 Samuel Thornton (l) and Lord Burford (r) were elected unopposed as MPs for #Hull. A quiet election: "we had not to encounter...clamour [as] at the last elections, no names or party abuse..." @HistParl @Hull_Museums @hull_libraries @DiariesProject
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
Polling before a #generalelection isn't new. In 1784 this poll of Yorkshire voters 11,000 supported William Wilberforce and his running mate Henry Duncombe, and only 2500 their opponents, who withdrew the night before voting began. @Hull_Museums @DiariesProject @hull_libraries
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
New article by T. Burnard & J. Coffey on 'Slave Registers & British Guiana' with analysis of the Demerara revolt on 2 plantations: Success and Bachelors Adventure. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@WilberforceHull, @historyleic, @DiariesProject.
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
Lovely to see this review in @Independent_ie ! Emily's father Patrick was one of Ireland's own, beginning life in a 2-roomed cottage in Drumballyroney. At 16 he taught school there, before being sponsored through @stjohnscam by the great abolitionist William Wilberforce.
Karen Powell brings Emily Brontë’s disdain and devotion back to life
#FifteenWildDecembers @karenlpowell1 @EuropaEditions @Independent_ie @annecrecipes independent.ie/entertainment…
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
Roey Sweet introducing the symposium in honour of Peter Borsay and launch his final book, The Invention of the English Landscape, c. 1700-1939
ALT Person standing in front of a lectern giving a talk. Book cover and photograph of a man on the screen behind
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
#YorkshireDay has long been connected with the anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery Act, 1833 which passed into law on 1 August 1834. @drnicholasevans discusses William Wilberforce, a son of Yorkshire, who championed human rights.
hull.ac.uk/research/institut…
ALT Photo of a plaque in Hull's Mandela Gardens, part of Hull's Museums Quarter
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
William Wilberforce, driving force behind abolishing the slave trade, died #OnThisDay 1833. He believed the House of Commons "must degenerate into a school for scandal unless Members were guided by ‘moral compulsion’ rather than by partisan zeal"
#HistParl #twitterstorians
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
We stopped by and checked out Hull's Wilberforce House Museum, which is back open with a new look! 🤩
Entry is FREE for all visitors, so stop by while the weather is nice and let us know what you think!
#hull #williamwilberforce #museum
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
The old Grammar School where William Wilberforce and Andrew Marvell studied is open tomorrow.
Come along to Hands on History Museum to explore one of Hull’s oldest buildings, 12noon-4pm #Free
Find out more at hcandl.co.uk/museums-and-gal…
ALT Wooden chairs and desks in a Victorian schoolroom.
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
We’re pleased to announce that Wilberforce House Museum will re-open to the public this weekend following extensive maintenance and improvement works. (1/6)
ALT A two storey red brick building with windows. There's a statue of a man in the garden in front of the building.
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
Famous Britons buried at Westminster Abbey include Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, Clement Attlee, Aphra Behn, Henry Purcell, William Wilberforce, Isaac Newton, Lawrence Olivier... over 3,300 people are buried there.
One of them being the Unknown Soldier, interred after WWI.
ALT The coffin of the Unknown Warrior in state in the Abbey in 1920
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
Today's final paper is from Anna Harrington of @DiariesProject - William Wilberforce's diaries cover 45 years and contain 1 million words. This paper focuses on his daily routine as an MP and on his election contests.
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
April's @200Magazine reports the news from two centuries ago in the style of today, with big names like George IV, Schubert, Dickens - & William Wilberforce, who worked with @BritishQuakers to ban slavery. Get the news at 200livinghistory.info. @WilberforceHull @DiariesProject
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
At Keston in Kent, three miles from Darwin’s Down House, is what remains of the William Wilberforce Oak, and a memorial bench, to show where Wilberforce recorded that “after a conversation with Mr Pitt … I resolved … to bring forward the abolition of the slave trade”.
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
New Open Access article in the March issue of Slavery & Abolition and @RoutledgeHist:
‘I was an Eye-witness’: John Newton, Anthony Benezet, and the Confession of a Liverpool Slave Trader
(Author: John Coffey)
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
The Wilberforce Diaries Project retweeted
Out now, the February edition of @200Magazine with all the news from 1823 - but in the language of 2023. The headlines: War is imminent in Europe and a campaign has been launched to abolish slavery. Find out more at 200livinghistory.info
