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Wilberforce The Importance Of Religion And Education

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Wilberforce was sure of the great importance of religion, morality and education. He took part in causes and campaigns such as the Society for the Suppression of Vice, British missionary work in India, the creation of a free colony in Sierra Leone, the foundation of the Church Mission Society, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

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