Wilberforce, William (1759-1833)

Three letters by Wilberforce including one to B [Fraven], covering various matters, including the education of African youth and vaccine innoculations, Dec 1804. Other two letters not dated.

c.1804

3 letters

Purchased from Glendining, London, February 1932 (acc.67678);

British politician and philanthropist, from 1787 a prominent slave-trade abolitionist.

See MS.5244, MS.7151/11-12,14-15