He got sick and depressed at his inability to change the laws of slavery. When it seemed as though he had lost all hope he met a woman named Barbara Ann Spooner whom he married. She inspired him and filled his heart with love and the desire to win the fight in abolishing the slave trade. So he picked himself off the ground and got 300,000 people to sign a petition to end the trade. Despite the bribes and traders, in 1807 he and his political friends proposed the bill for what seemed like the millionth time. The Commons voted to abolish the slave trade by a vote of 283 to 16. ‘They gave three rousing hurrahs while Wilberforce sat with his head bowed and wept.” (Belmonte, Hero for Humanity, p.
He got sick and depressed at his inability to change the laws of slavery. When it seemed as though he had lost all hope he met a woman named Barbara Ann Spooner whom he married. She inspired him and filled his heart with love and the desire to win the fight in abolishing the slave trade. So he picked himself off the ground and got 300,000 people to sign a petition to end the trade. Despite the bribes and traders, in 1807 he and his political friends proposed the bill for what seemed like the millionth time. The Commons voted to abolish the slave trade by a vote of 283 to 16. ‘They gave three rousing hurrahs while Wilberforce sat with his head bowed and wept.” (Belmonte, Hero for Humanity, p.