Two models of the ship were commissioned by the abolitionist Thomas Clarkson - this is the one he gave to William Wilberforce, MP for Hull ... the BBC or the British Museum.

East Yorkshire has plenty of stunning museums; whether it is William Wilberforce House, The Streetlife Museum or The Deep ...

William Wilberforce was born in 1759 in Hull, East Yorkshire. He attended Cambridge University, where he became friends with the future prime minister, William Pitt the Younger. In 1780 ...

Two models of the ship were commissioned by the abolitionist Thomas Clarkson - this is the one he gave to William Wilberforce, MP for Hull. Wilberforce showed the model to Members in the House of ...