William Wilberforce was best known for his efforts relating to this:
William Wilberforce, born in Yorkshire, England, in 1759, was best known for his efforts relating to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. A politician and philanthropist, Wilberforce was prominent from 1787 in the struggle to abolish the slave trade and slavery itself in British overseas possessions. Wilberforce was an ardent and eloquent sponsor of anti-slavery legislation in the House of Commons until his retirement in 1825. The Slavery Abolition Act that he sought was passed shortly after his death in 1833. Wilberforce University in Ohio, an African Methodist Episcopal Church institution founded in 1856, was named for William Wilberforce.
