The Short Man Who Sank The Slave Ships

William Wilberforce was another small man at 5 feet and 4 inches. He was known for his eloquence and, in 1780 at the age of twenty-one, entered the British Parliament. 

Six years later he joined Thomas Clarkson and began his fight against slavery even though the bill to end the slave trade didn't become law until 1807—twenty-one years later. More than any other person, Wilberforce helped end the British slave trade.

Dick Innes