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How did William Wilberforce and Olaudah Equiano contribute to the abolition of slavery

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Wilberforce was persuaded to lobby for the abolition of the slave trade and for 18 years he regularly introduced anti-slavery motions in parliament.

Equiano used his experiences of slavery to campaign and persuade others to abolish the inhumane trade in African people.

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