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We had a year to collect enough evidence to convince Parliament of our case. The planters and the ship-owners began to spread rumors about us. They called us seditious - secretly working to bring down the government. Clarkson sat on a coach to Birmingham and overheard someone claim that I'd secretly married a slave woman
We had a year to collect enough evidence to convince Parliament of our case. The planters and the ship-owners began to spread rumors about us. They called us seditious - secretly working to bring down the government. Clarkson sat on a coach to Birmingham and overheard someone claim that I'd secretly married a slave woman
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We had a year to collect enough evidence
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to convince Parliament of our case
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The planters and the ship owners began to spread rumours about us
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They called us seditious secretly
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working to bring down the government
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Clarkson sat in a coach to Birmingham
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and overheard someone claim that I'd
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secretly married a slave woman
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Movie Summary
The idealist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
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William Wilberforce
