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People

* Wilberforce (name), for people (and fictional characters) with the name **
William Wilberforce William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780 ...
(1759–1833), British politician, evangelical reformer and campaigner against the slave trade


Places


Australia

* Wilberforce, New South Wales ** Wilberforce Cemetery ** Wilberforce Park


Canada

* Wilberforce, Ontario *
Wilberforce Colony Wilberforce Colony was a colony established in the year 1829 by free African Americans, African American citizens, north of present-day London, Ontario, Canada. It was an effort by African-Americans to create a place where they could live in polit ...
, Ontario; an 18th-century colony of American Black citizens * Kattimannap Qurlua (formerly Wilberforce Falls), in Wilberforce Gorge, Nunavut * North Algona Wilberforce, a township in Renfrew County, Ontario; formed from North Algona and Wilberforce Townships


United Kingdom

* Wilberforce House, the birthplace of William Wilberforce, in Hull, England * Wilberforce Way, a walking route between Hull and York, England * Wilberfoss, East Riding of Yorkshire, England * Wilberforce Oak, a tree stump near Holwood House, Keston, England


Other

* Wilberforce, Ohio, United States * Wilberforce, Sierra Leone * Wilberforce River, in the Southern Alps of New Zealand


Education

* Wilberforce College, in Hull, England * Wilberforce Institute, research institute at the University of Hull, England * Wilberforce School, in Princeton Junction, New Jersey * Wilberforce University, in Wilberforce, Ohio * Central State University, a public, historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio (formerly Wilberforce State University)


Other uses

* Wilberforce (cat), who lived at 10 Downing Street between 1973 and 1987 * Wilberforce pendulum


See also

* Wilbur Force, a character in ''
The Little Shop of Horrors ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' is a 1960 American Comedy horror, horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a farce about a florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood. The ...
'' * Paterson Wilberforce, a U.S. soccer team which played in the National Association Football League in the early 20th century * Wilberforce Award, given by Ratanak International to people who fight human trafficking * The Wilberforce Society, an independent, non-partisan, student think tank at Cambridge University * William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, a federal statute by the U.S. Congress {{disambiguation, geo