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Who led the movement to abolish the slave trade in Britain?
- Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce
- Edmund Burke and Charles James Fox
- Thomas Paine and Mary Wollstonecraft
- John Wesley and George Whitefield
Why this is the correct answer
Thomas Clarkson was the campaign organiser who gathered evidence against the slave trade, while William Wilberforce was the MP who championed the cause in Parliament. Together, they formed the backbone of the abolitionist movement that eventually succeeded in 1807.