Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
Which evangelical Christian and member of Parliament helped change the law and win public support against the slave trade?
- ASir Robert Walpole
- BCharles Stuart Parnell
- CWilliam WilberforceRight answer
- DIsambard Kingdom Brunel
Answer: William Wilberforce
Wilberforce and other abolitionists won the public over. From 1807 slave trading was banned on British ships and in British ports.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "A global power". Practice question 176 of 651, written in our own words.