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William Wilberforce

1759 Aug 24 - 1833 Jul 29


1800-Apr-25 | "William Wilberforce to Mrs. Hannah More," extracted in vol. 2 of The Life of William Wilberforce by his sons, Robert and Samuel Wilberforce (London, 1838).

1802-May-24 | "Debate in the Commons on the Bill to Prevent Bull-Baiting," Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803 36 (1801-Oct-29 to 1803-Aug-03): 829-854.

1802-May |"House of Commons, May 24, Second Reading of the Bill to Prevent Bull-Baiting" Edinburgh Magazine 19 (1802-Oct): 461-4.

1802-May-24 | William Wilberforce, "Diary Entry of May 24, 1802," extracted in The Life of William Wilberforce, by Robert and Samuel Wilberforce (London, 1838).

1802-Jun | "House of Commons, May 24, Bull-Baiting, Scot's Magazine, 64 (1802-Jun) 511-512.

1802-Jul | "Bull-Baiting in the House of Commons, on Monday, May 31 [sic]." Sporting Magazine 20 (1802-Jul) 187-190.

1802-Oct | "House of Commons, May 24, Second Reading of the Bill to Prevent Bull-Baiting and Bull Running," Gentleman's Magazine 92 (1802-Oct): 953-4.

1802 | "House of Commons, May 24 on the Second Reading of the Bill to Abolish Bull-Baiting," Annual Register 44 (1802): 168-72.

1809-Jun-13 | "House of Commons, Tuesday, June 13, Cruelty to Aniamls Bill" Parliamentary Register 3 (1809): 659-673.

1809-Jun-13 | "House of Commons, Tuesday, June 13, Cruelty to Animals' Bill," Parliamentary Debates from the year 1803 to the Present Time, 16 (1809-Apr-11 to 1809-Jun-21): 1029-1040.


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[1798-1807] Romantic Age
Wordsworth-Anti-Cruelty Bills

Animal Welfare-Animal Rights Activists-Advocates-Quotes
Against Cruelty to Animals
[1759-1822] Edward Barry
[1748-1832] Jeremey Bentham
[1755–1814] John Bidlake
[1762-1835] Luke Booker
[Romantic] Rev. William Bingley
[Romantic] Rev. Henry Brindley
[1772-1834] Samuel Coleridge
[1770-1853] Joseph Cottle
[1745-1827] Charles Daubeny
[1753-1836] William Godwin
[Romantic] Sir Richard Hill
[1744-1833] Rowland Hill
[Romantic] Rev. C. Hoyle
[1775-1834] Charles Lamb
[1753-1839] John Lawrence
[Romantic] Mrs. Manby
[1776-1859] Sydney Owenson
[Romantic] Laetitia Pilkington
[1749-1814] Samuel Jackson Pratt
[1772-1827] Legh Richmond
[1736-1811]Percival Stockdale
[1770-1832] Priscilla Wakefield
[1759-1797] Mary Wollstonecraft
[1770-1850] William Wordsworth
[1772-1835] Thomas Young



Romantic Age Legislators
Animal Welfare-Animal Rights Activists-Advocates-Quotes
Against Cruelty to Animals
[1742-1825] Mr. Baker
[Romantic] Sir Charles Bunbury
[Romantic] Mr. Dent
[1750-1818] Lord Ellenborough
[1750-1823] Lord Erskine
[Romantic] Sir Richard Hill
[Romantic] Mr. Jekyll
[Romantic] Mr. Morris
[Romantic] Mr. Newbolt
[Romantic] Sir William Pulteney
[Romantic] Sir Samuel Romilly
[Romantic] Richard Sheridan
[1756-1835] Mr. William Smith
[Romantic] Mr. Stephen
[Romantic] Mr. Steven
[1759-1833] William Wilberforce
[Romantic] Sir Robert Williams
[Romantic] Sir John Wrottesly



[1807-1837] Romantic Age
Byron-Shelly-Martin's Act

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Against Cruelty to Animals
[1788-1824] Lord Byron
[1824] Clergyman of England
[1754–1832] George Crabbe
[1783-1853] James L. Drummond
[1778-1865] William H. Drummond
[1750-1823] Lord Erskine
[Romantic] Rev. John Hill
[1784-1859] James Leigh Hunt
[1782-1869] William Jerdan
[Romantic] Elizabeth Kent
[1754-1834] Richard Martin
[Romantic] Thomas Moore
[1762-1816] Rene Martin Pillet
[Romantic] John Budd Pitkin
[1770-1832] James Plumptre
[1749-1814] Samuel Jackson Pratt
[1792-1822] Percy Shelley
[1767-1831] Louis Simond
[1788-1860] Arthur Schopenhauer
[1770-1832] Priscilla Wakefield
[1759-1833] William Wilberforce



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Antiquity-Middle Ages
Ancient Animal Rights Law
Early Prohibitions-Middle Ages
[BCE-3rdc.] Mythical-Divine Origin; Antiquity—Classical Literature
[3rdc.-1485] Early Church Fathers, Old-Middle English Period

Renaissance
Early Anti-Cruelty Legislation
[1485-1660] English Renaissance

Enlightenment
Articles-Letters-Enlightenment
Pleas for Laws to Protect Animals
[1660-1689] Restoration
[1689-1745] Augustan Age-Pope
[1745-1785] Age of Sensibility

Romantic Age
Articles-Letters-Romantic Age
Modern Legislative Beginnings
[1785-1798] Burns-Cowper
[1798-1806] Wordsworth
[1806-1837] Byron, Martin's Act

Victorian Age
Articles-Letters-Victorian Age
Anti-Cruelty, Anti-Vivisection Laws
[1837-1876] Early Victorian Age
[1876-1901] Late Victorian Age

Early 20th Century
Articles-Letters-Early 20th
Continuing Animal Protection Law
[1901-1914] Edwardian Age
[1914-1945] Modern Period