William Wilberforce By GoGoPowerrangersBoomBoomBoom Feb 28, 1759 Birth Of William Wilberforce Period: Feb 28, 1759 to Feb 28, 1865 . Feb 28, 1775 American War of independance Feb 28, 1776 Wilberforce at St Johns college cambridge meets pit Feb 28, 1780 Wilberforce elected mp for hull Feb 28, 1781 case of the slave ship zong over 100 negroes thrown overboard Feb 28, 1784 wilberforce elected mp for yorkshire Feb 28, 1784 wilberforce visits france with miler (formerly at hull grammar school) spiritual crisis Feb 28, 1787 committee for abolition of slave trade formed invite wilberforce to press for abolition in parliament first freed slave shipped to sierra leone Feb 28, 1789 wilberforve speaks condemning the trade Feb 28, 1789 french revolution storming of the bastille Feb 28, 1791 major slave revoly in san domingo wilberforce accused of starting revolution at home and abroad. Feb 28, 1792 new resolution to gradually abolish the trade this is defeated in the lords Feb 28, 1797 demoralised abolition committee does not m Feb 28, 1797 wilberforce writes a a practical view best selling religoius work Feb 28, 1806 william pitt dies Feb 28, 1807 bill to abolish the trade is passed Feb 28, 1819 peterloo rising wilberforce supports repressive measures against radicals Feb 28, 1825 wilberforce retires as mp leadership of parliamentary campaign passes to buxton Feb 28, 1833 slavery abolished in british possesssions apprenticeship system introduced slaves become wage earners Feb 28, 1838 apprenticeship abolished as unworkable Feb 28, 1852 uncle toms cabins published antislavery feeling grows agaisnt american slavery Feb 28, 1861 american civil war slavery abolised constitutionally in 1865