| WILBERFORCE | William ?, Kingston upon Hull-born politician and slave trade abolitionist who died in 1833 |
| DYKES | John Bacchus ?, Kingston upon Hull-born church composer who died in 1876 (5) |
| WYCLEFJEAN | Haitian-born politician and Fugees alum |
| PORTONOVO | Capital of Benin, formerly a Portuguese settlement and slave trade (5,4) |
| ULLAPOOL | From Kingston-upon-Hull, a pool-player's going to small place in northwest (8) |
| NEEDLERS | Sweet manufacturer based in Kingston-upon-Hull until 1986, famed for its glace fruit drops |
| LARKIN | Librarian and rhymester, Kingston-upon-Hull's ill-humoured notable, primarily? (6) |
| NIEPCE | Nicephore ___, French chemist and photographic pioneer who died in 1833 (6) |
| LEEDS | City west of Kingston-upon-Hull |
| CAREME | Marie-Antoine ___, French chef regarded as the founder of haute cuisine who died in 1833 (6) |
| EDMUNDKEAN | English actor noted for his Shakespearean roles who died in 1833 (6,4) |
| TUBMAN | Harriet, U.S. abolitionist who was born in 1822 and escaped from slavery (6) |
| KEAN | Edmund, English tragic actor who died in 1833 (4) |
| EDWARDCOLSTON | English merchant and slave trader, whose statue was toppled in Bristol, England in June 2020 (6,7) |
| COLSTON | Edward _, English merchant and slave trader, whose statue was toppled in Bristol in June 2020 (7) |
| SOJOURNERTRUTH | African-American abolitionist who had a memorial bust in her honour unveiled in the U.S. Capitol in 2009 (9,5) |
| HANCOCK | Chester-born politician, Matt ___, appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in 2018 (7) |
| HAIN | Peter ---, Kenyan-born politician who held Cabinet roles under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Leader of the House of Commons 2003-05 (4) |
| OLDBROWNOFOSAWATOMIE | Nickname of American abolitionist who formed an anti-slaving militia, captured in 1859? (3,5,2,10) |
| JOHNGREENLEAFWHITTIER | US Quaker poet and abolitionist who wrote the ballad Barbara Frietchie |
