FROM MR WILBERFORCE'S DIARY
1787
AT LENGTH
I WELL REMEMBER AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH MR. PITT IN THE OPEN
AIR AT THE ROOT OF AN OLD TREE AT HOLWOOD
JUST ABOVE THE STEEP DESCENT INTO THE VALE
OF KESTON, I RESOLVED TO GIVE NOTICE
ON A FIT OCCASION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
OF MY INTENTION
TO BRING FORWARD THE ABOLITION
OF THE SLAVE TRADE
ERECTED BY EARL STANMORE 1862
BY AUTHORISATION OF EARL STANWORTH.
Wilberforce Seat, Keston, Bromley, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom