Information AboutJames Stephen |
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Stephen was born in Poole , Dorset , and began his career reporting on parliamentary proceedings. He held an official post in St. Kitts , at that time a British colony. His experiences in the West Indies turned him against the concept of Slavery , and he joined the abolitionist movement, marrying the sister of William Wilberforce in 1800 . In 1808 he became an MP and rose to the position of Under-secretary in the Colonial Office . He was the grandfather of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen and Sir Leslie Stephen . Works
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