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Excerpt from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "Wilberforce, William (1759–1833), politician, philanthropist, and slavery abolitionist, was born on 24 August 1759 at the Wilberforce house in High Street, Hull, the third child and only son of Robert Wilberforce (1728–1768), merchant, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1798), daughter of Thomas Bird, of Barton, Oxfordshire. His paternal grandfather, William Wilberforce (1690–1776), established the family fortunes through the Baltic trade, acquired Yorkshire landed property, and was twice mayor of Hull. The younger William had three sisters, but only one of these, Sarah (1758–1816), survived to adulthood."

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Excerpt from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "Wilberforce, William (1759–1833), politician, philanthropist, and slavery abolitionist, was born on 24 August 1759 at the Wilberforce house in High Street, Hull, the third child and only son of Robert Wilberforce (1728–1768), merchant, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1798), daughter of Thomas Bird, of Barton, Oxfordshire. His paternal grandfather, William Wilberforce (1690–1776), established the family fortunes through the Baltic trade, acquired Yorkshire landed property, and was twice mayor of Hull. The younger William had three sisters, but only one of these, Sarah (1758–1816), survived to adulthood."
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