Heritage Open Days: Wilberforce House

Wilberforce House is the birth place of William Wilberforce MP for Hull and slavery abolitionist, whose campaign made the establishment of Freetown Sierra Leone possible.The story behind William Wilberforce's campaign is told through fascinating items, including his journal, plantation records and personal stories. Hull is UK's city of freedom, William Wilberforce was the leading light of the anti slavery movement, and the cities involvement with modern human right's issues continues today through the work of the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation.

Suitable for
Any age


Website
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/wilberforce-house

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/yh000135?id=EVENT535480