Question

Excerpt from William Wilberforce’s 1789 Abolition Speech:
"Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me most. I confess to you, so enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did its wickedness appear, that my own mind was completely made up for abolition. A trade founded in iniquity and carried on as this was, must be abolished, let the consequences be what they would. If the principles of Christianity are not merely professed but acted upon, it cannot be tolerated."

Question
In the excerpt from William Wilberforce’s 1789 Abolition Speech, which word best shows the author’s strong opinion about the slave trade?(1 point)
Responses

Wickedness
Wickedness

Silent
Silent

Confess
Confess

Consequences
Consequences

Answer 1

Wickedness

Explanation: Wilberforce uses the word "wickedness" to strongly condemn the slave trade, showing his moral outrage and clear opposition.