Sherwood, Mary Martha, and Henry Sherwood. The Life of Mrs. Sherwood. Editor Kelly, Sophia, Darton, 1854.
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William Wilberforce
Standard Name: Wilberforce, William
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | J. K. Rowling | At just five Joanne Rowling first went to school: to St Michael's Church of England School in Winterbourne, which had been founded in 1813 in response to a plea by William Wilberforce
. In... |
| Education | George Eliot | Her devotion to John Bunyan
's Pilgrim's Progress remained unchanged during this period. She also read heavyweight works of theology, Hannah More
's letters, and a life of William Wilberforce
. By late 1838, however... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sarah Lady Pennington | Their eldest son, John
, was born at Bath and baptised in Bath Abbey on 22 May 1741. After two years at Winchester College
he joined the army at about fifteen. He resigned his commission... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Isabella Bird | IB
's great-grandfather Sir George Merttins
was Lord Mayor of London. William Wilberforce
, a leader in the fight against slavery, was her father's second cousin. Two of her male relatives became Bishops in the... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anne Brontë | Patrick Brontë
was an Irish protestant from a large, respectable farming family of limited means. He took to books from an early age, opened a school for the gentry at the age of sixteen, became... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Charlotte Brontë | Patrick Brontë
was an Irish protestant from a large respectable farming family of limited means. He took to books from an early age, opened a school for the gentry at the age of sixteen, became... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Fanny Kingsley | Grenfell was also an established politician. From 14 December 1802 (before Fanny's birth) to 29 February 1820 he served as the MP for Great Marlow, and from 21 April 1820 to 2 June 1826 he... |
| Friends, Associates | Susanna Watts | In her own more local circle, however, SW
was relaxed and good company. She belonged to a Book Society
. She was a close friend of the Hutton and the Coltman families and especially, in... |
| Friends, Associates | Hannah More | Her later friendships often blended the personal with the political, like those with Beilby Porteus
(Bishop of London from 1787, where she met him) and the abolitionists William Wilberforce
(met at Bath the same year)... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Martha Sherwood | Meeting the prison reformer Elizabeth Fry
, MMS
discussed with her the danger of celebrity, for females especially, and their respective temptations. |
| Instructor | Harriet Martineau | Perry had lost most of his male pupils when he converted to Unitarianism. Though the room and curriculum were shared, the boys and girls were separated and unable to see or communicate with one another... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Hannah More | An Estimate of the Religion of the Fashionable World was praised in letters by many of HM
's friends and associates. Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952. 112 Walpole, Horace. The Letters of Horace Walpole. Editor Toynbee, Mrs Paget, Clarendon, 1903–1925, 16 vols. 14: 385 |
| Literary responses | Olaudah Equiano | This book was an immediate success in Britain, and in the USA it significantly influenced the emancipation movement. Equiano, Olaudah. “Introduction, etc”. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, edited by Angelo Costanzo, Peterborough, ON, 2001, pp. 7-37. 11, 7 |
| Occupation | Hannah More | On visits around the Wrington district the More sisters had been horrified by the squalor, want, and ignorance in which the rural poor were living. They felt that knowledge (especially religious knowledge) was the first... |
| politics | Susanna Watts | Watts and her maid were two of the original subscribers to the Leicester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society
, formed this same month. Aucott, Shirley. Susanna Watts (1768 to 1842): author of Leicester’s first guide, abolitionist and bluestocking. Shirley Aucott, 2004. 30 |
Timeline
22 May 1787: The Society for the Abolition of the Slave...
National or international item
22 May 1787
The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
was founded in London, by Granville Sharp
, Thomas Clarkson
, and ten more, of whom nine were Quakers
.
Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
xii
Bayly, Christopher Alan. Atlas of the British Empire. Facts on File, 1989.
83
Walvin, James et al. “Ignatius Sancho: The Man and His Times”. Ignatius Sancho: An African Man of Letters, National Portrait Gallery, 1997, pp. 93-113.
109
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
under Wilberforce
19 April 1791: Wilberforce's motion to abolish the slave-trade...
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19 April 1791
Wilberforce
's motion to abolish the slave-trade (put on 18 April) was defeated in the House of Commons
.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Autumn 1791: Anti-slavery campaigners William Wilberforce...
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Autumn 1791
Anti-slavery campaigners William Wilberforce
and Henry Thornton
launched the Sierra Leone Company
, which sought to resettle former slaves on the west coast of Africa, and to promote legitimate trade with the region.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Wilberforce
1792: The Evangelical Henry Thornton bought a house...
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1792
The EvangelicalHenry Thornton
bought a house on Battersea Rise, Clapham, South London: from this came the name of the Clapham Sect
.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
March 1792: The Danish parliament voted to end the slave...
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March 1792
The Danish parliament voted to end the slave trade to their West Indian colonies.
Gott, Richard. “Don’t glorify slavery ban”. Guardian Weekly, 9–15 Mar. 2007, p. 6.
6
By early March 1792: According to Maria Edgeworth, 25,000 families...
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By early March 1792
According to Maria Edgeworth
, 25,000 families in England had joined in the boycott against West Indian, that is slave-grown, sugar.
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
300
mid 1792-1815: These were the active years of the informal...
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mid 1792-1815
These were the active years of the informal evangelical Anglican group later called the Clapham Sect
(then known as the Saints
).
Hennell, Michael. John Venn and the Clapham Sect. Lutterworth Press, 1958.
107
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
ODNB
1793: William Wilberforce led an unsuccessful attempt...
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1793
William Wilberforce
led an unsuccessful attempt to get the East India Company
's statutes charter amended, to commit it to furthering the work of missionaries.
Church Missionary Society Archive: Section VI: Missions to India. Adam Matthew.
September 1793: Effigies of anti-slavery leader William Wilberforce...
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September 1793
Effigies of anti-slavery leader William Wilberforce
and radical Thomas Paine
were burned together at Kingston, Jamaica: Anna Maria Falconbridge
witnessed this on her roundabout voyage from Africa to England.
Falconbridge, Anna Maria, and Mary Ann Parker. Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies. Editor Coleman, Deirdre, Leicester University Press, 1999.
xvii
March 1796: An Abolition Bill, calling for the gradual...
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March 1796
An Abolition Bill, calling for the gradual abolition of the slave trade, put before the House of Commons
by William Wilberforce
, reached a third reading. It was narrowly defeated when some of its supporters...
By May 1797: William Wilberforce published A Practical...
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By May 1797
William Wilberforce
published A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious Systems of Professed Christians in the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country contrasted with real Christianity.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
19-20
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
67 (1797): 410
By November 1802: The Society for the Suppression of Vice was...
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By November 1802
The Society for the Suppression of Vice
was founded in London and grew into the gap left by the Proclamation Society
; ironically, it was often called the Vice Society.
Porter, Roy. English Society in the Eighteenth Century. Penguin, 1982.
312
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
84
Mason, Michael. The Making of Victorian Sexual Attitudes. Oxford University Press, 1994.
69
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
41-2
By 19 October 1814: The Episcopal Church in India was founded,...
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By 19 October 1814
The Episcopal Church in India was founded, with Thomas Fanshaw Middleton
installed as the subcontinent's first Anglican bishop.
Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. 2nd ed., Penguin, 1990.
227
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
76
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
82 (1814): i: 337
: Evangelical William Wilberforce stayed in...
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Winter 1814-15
Evangelical William Wilberforce
stayed in Brighton during the winter season in order to have access to the Prince Regent
and attempt a conversion within the monarchy.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
35-6
June 1816: Lady Isabella King opened at Bailbrook House...
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June 1816
Lady Isabella King
opened at Bailbrook House near Bath a communal home for single gentlewomen (or Protestant nunnery): a project going back to Mary Astell
, which King picked up from Sarah Scott
's Millenium Hall.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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