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Subject: Re: ESSEX-UK-D Digest V04 #316
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 05:51:38 EDT



In a message dated 03/10/2004 06:52:03 GMT Daylight Time,
writes:

Leanne,
presumably this is William Wilberforce the MP who was one of the main
campaigners for the abolition of slavery. He also founded Bible and
Missionary Societies and the RSPCA and was a member of the Clapham Sect
a group of Evangelical reformers who met at his house in Clapham.
It may be that your ancestor ( who sounds like a man of substance ) was
also a member of this group.


Wilberforce's house is now a museum in Hull and is well worth a visit if
you're interested.

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