William Wilberforce
A. pushed a bill through Parliament that ended the slave trade.
B. wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
C. focused his efforts on gaining complete equality for women.
D. was the leader of the British forces that surrendered at Yorktown.
E. was the chief proponent of conservatism in the eighteenth century.
Answer: A
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