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William Wilberforce (1759–1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. Born in Kingston upon Hull, at the house in High Street that is a museum dedicated to his life and the slave trade, he attended the town’s grammar school, South Church Side. Wilberforce was elected Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull in 1780. In 1789, he made his first major speech in the House of Commons on the subject of abolition of slavery, in which he reasoned that the trade was morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice. He headed the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade for twenty years until the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807. Britain abolished slavery throughout its empire by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (with the notable exception of India).

Further reading:
Wikipedia: Link
Hull History Nerd: Link

The Earle and the Keyworth families are responsible for most of the public and monumental sculptures to be found in the city.

William Day Keyworth Jr (1843-1902), the son of William Day Keyworth Sr (1817-1897),
studied sculpture in London. By 1892 he and his father are listed in a gazetteer at 54 Savile Street and 244 Spring Bank, as ‘William Day Keyworth and Son, monumental masons and sculptors’. He suffered financial problems in later life and committed suicide on 9 August 1902.

He was responsible for a variety of works in Kingston upon Hull, including:
• Andrew Marvell (poet and M.P.), Trinity Square, 1887
• Andrew Marvell (poet and M.P.), Hands on History Museum
• Anthony Bannister, City Hall, 1879
• Britannia, Hull Exchange, 50 Lowgate
• Pediment of orphaned children, former College, Park Street
• James Clay, City Hall, 1875
• Michael de la Pole, Guildhall, Lowgate
• Memiaduluk and Uckaluk (from Greenland), Hull Museums Collection (not on display)
• Portland stone statues (3 no.), Nelson Mandela Gardens, High Street, ex-Royal Institution
• The Batsman, Ferens Art Gallery, Carr Lane (ground floor, centre gallery)
• William de la Pole (the town’s first mayor), Nelson Street, 1870
• William Wilberforce (slavery abolitionist), Wilberforce House, 1884
• William Wilberforce, Guildhall, Lowgate (cross corridor, first floor, east end)
• William Thomas Dibb (1822-1886), a major benefactor to the Charterhouse: memorial, Charterhouse Chapel, Charterhouse Lane
• Zachariah Pearson, Pearson Park

Further reading:
PSSA: Link
The Hull Story: Link
Art UK: Link
The Hull Charterhouse: Link
History of Art Research Portal: Link
Curiosity: Link

Famous citizens, politicians, royalty, the arts, mythology, migrants, and slavery are represented by statues located throughout the city.