https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce#Final_phase_of_the_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce#Final_phas... “A bill was intro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce#Final_phase_of_the_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce#Final_phas... “A bill was introduced and approved by the cabinet, and Wilberforce and other abolitionists maintained a self-imposed silence, so as not to draw any attention to the effect of the bill.[145][146] The approach proved successful, and the new Foreign Slave Trade Bill was quickly passed, and received royal assent on 23 May 1806.[147]”