The Wilberforce Monument, Queen Victoria Square, Kingston Upon Hull

The Wilberforce monument commemorates William Wilberforce (1759-1833). Wilberforce was born in the city and was elected MP for Hull in 1780. In 1787 he began to represent the cause of abolitionists in Parliament and introduced bills calling for an end to the trade in enslaved people.

The Monument - a statue on a Doric column - was built between 1834 and 1848 to designs by WH Clark of Leeds. Originally erected in Queen Victoria Square, it was moved to Wilberforce Drive in 1935.

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