'The Wilberforce Oak Tree and Bench', 1924 (sepia print)

Sepia-tone photograph showing the Wilberforce oak tree and the Wilberforce bench where William Wilberforce and William Pitt sat, and Wilberforce declared his intention of bringing a bill for the abolition of the slave trade to Parliament. William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire (1784–1812).