The abolition initiative failed, with fifty-three per cent of the voters opposed, and the law for expediting the death penalty passed, with slightly more than fifty-one per cent of the vote.
Faced with that choice, whether to let the Abolition Act fail, I think it was fair enough".
After a series of failed abolition bills, Wilberforce is hooked on laudanum and hallucinates contextless images of African children in chains.
Predictions of economic and labor disruption caused by the abolition of slavery failed to materialize and the 1888 coffee harvest was successful.
Predictions of economic and labor disruption caused by the abolition of slavery failed to materialize and the 1888 coffee harvest was successful, both of which boosted Princess Isabel's popularity.
He called for the abolition of slavery, but failed to topple a system that still favours paler-skinned Latin Americans.
While drafting the New York Constitution, he tried, but failed, to pass an abolition clause.
I'm a critical fan of Wilberforce for his central role in the astounding achievement in abolition, which without his stamina would certainly have failed.
But the Hollywood star has failed to save the UK Film Council, whose abolition is now confirmed, along with that of a handful of other bodies funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
In spite of persistent efforts, great speeches, and the support of powerful and eloquent members, he failed to pass a slave trade abolition bill, a parliamentary reform bill, and Catholic relief bills.
