Walnut is located at 34Â°56â²57â³N 88Â°54â²35â³W / 34.94917Â°N 88.90972Â°W / 34.94917; -88.90972 (34.949109, -88.909812). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.4 square miles (14 km2), of which 5.4 square miles (14 km2) is land and 0.04-square-mile (0.10 km2) (0.37%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 754 people, 319 households, and 202 families residing in the town.
William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 â 29 July 1833) was an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.n 1826, Wilberforce moved from his large house in Kensington Gore to Highwood Hill, a more modest property in the countryside of Mill Hill, north of London, where he was soon joined by his son William and family.
I am going to explore reasons as to why slavery was abolished, and who the most significant figure in this was. The campaigns of William Wilberforce and other Quakers (including Thomas Clarkson) in 1997-1807, were extremely significant in the abolition of slavery. He was a Quaker MP who led 12 other devout Christians in his campaigns. He did this because he believed slavery led against Christian teachings and was an un-holy sin.