There is no more important date in history than 25 March 1807. On this day, only a mere 200 years ago, the Parliamentary Bill instigated by William Wilberforce, MP, was passed through the House of Commons, officially ending the slave trade in Britain.
At the Parliamentary debate on the ‘Struggle against Slavery’ in October 2004, Fiona Mactaggart, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, said: “We want a commemoration that does justice to the issue.”
