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Two sets of first day cover stamps to commemorate Commonwealth Day, 1983, issued by the Wilberforce Council. Also attached is article from the 'Yorkshire Post' concerning the covers.

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Slavery Abolition MovementSlavery

Anti-Slavery Society pamphletsSlavery/Box 1

Newspaper cuttings and Parliamentary reportsSlavery/Box 2

PamphletsSlavery/Box 3

PamphletsSlavery/Box 4

Material on Clarkson and WilberforceSlavery/Box 5

'Thomas Clarkson and the Campaign Against Slavery' (London, 1996)Slavery/Box 5/1

'Thomas Clarkson, Slavery and the Slave Trade'Slavery/Box 5/2

'William Wilberforce'Slavery/Box 5/3

'Mr Wilberforce, MP: a play by Alan Thornhill' (London, 1965)Slavery/Box 5/4

'Thomas Clarkson and his anti-slavery campaign'Slavery/Box 5/5

Newspaper article on William WilberforceSlavery/Box 5/6

Copy of A.L.s., from Thomas Clarkson to Mr AirySlavery/Box 5/7

'The Clarksons of Wisbech and the abolition of the slave trade' (Wisbech, 1992)Slavery/Box 5/8

'Hull - Regional Business Centre'Slavery/Box 5/9

'William Wilberforce. 40 years the negro advocate and emancipator. Dedication of his birthplace to the public' (Hull, 1906)Slavery/Box 5/10

First Day CoversSlavery/Box 5/11

'Familiar Sketch of the late William Wilberforce' (Norwich, 1838)Slavery/Box 5/12

'The Character , principles and public services of the late William Wilberforce including notices of his early life: a discourse delivered in the church of his native parish, of Holy Trinity, Hull, on Wednesday morning, August 7, 1833' (London, 1833)Slavery/Box 5/13

'Wilberforce House, Hull: History and Collections' 7th ed. (Hull, 1959)Slavery/Box 5/14

'Wilberforce House: its history and collections' new ed. (Hull, 1927)Slavery/Box 5/15

'Journey to the Lake District from Cambridge 1779: a diary written by William Wilberforce ... Edited by his great-great-grandson C. E. Wrangham ...' (Stocksfield, 1983)Slavery/Box 5/16

''Some in light and some in darkness': the long shadow of slavery'Slavery/Box 5/17

'Pioneer in the fight against slavery'Slavery/Box 5/18

'William Wilberforce Anniversary 1833-1983'Slavery/Box 5/19

'William Wilberforce' (Hull, 1940)Slavery/Box 5/20

'Oh, what a year of celebrations Hull has planned'Slavery/Box 5/21

'Wilberforce celebration'Slavery/Box 5/22

'Wanted: another Wilberforce'Slavery/Box 5/23

Commemoration eventsSlavery/Box 6

Material on slavery and slave ownershipSlavery/Box 7

Jamaican plantation correspondenceSlavery/Box 8