When William Morewood was christened on 20 July 1802, in Mancetter, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Michael Morewood, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Baker, was 36. He married Maria Bilson on 1 May 1820, in Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
English: see Moorwood .
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