William Wilberforce plaque

The public map records this plaque for William Wilberforce. Its recorded inscription reads: On the site behind this house stood until 1904 Broomwood House (formerly Broomfield) where William Wilberforce resided during the campaign against slavery which he successfully conducted in Parliament

William Wilberforce was a British politician and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire; he is remembered for his persistent efforts that culminated in the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which abolished the slave trade in the British Empire.