I recently discovered something new whilst reading David Olusoga’s Black and British: A Forgotten History. It concerns William Wilberforce and another man called George Hibbert. These two men lived opposite each other on Clapham Common and worshipped together at Holy Trinity on the North side of the common which had strong evangelic roots. If you visit the church today you will see a blue plaque marking the church as the place of worship for Wilberforce and others from what was know as the Clapham Sect.
Wilberforce needs no introduction (or shouldn’t). He was the MP who brought the abolition bill before parliament numerous times until it was passed in 1807 and rightly or wrongly is seen as the leader of the abolition of the slave trade in England. George Hibbert is a man you will probably know little about. Although he was an MP, like Wilberforce, there is no plaque at Holy Trinity to remember his exploits even though he was a founder of the RNLI.
Why would this be?
Well… George Hibbert was pro-slavery, his family became rich from sugar plantations in the West Indies and he worked for the West India Trading House in London, eventually becoming head of the firm. He later became head of the Society of West India Merchants and became their figurehead in the fight to allow Britain to continue trading in human life. He became an MP in 1806 and spoke against Wilberforce and others in the months running up to the abolition bill passing.
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Makes you think.
