William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery Metaxas, Eric. creator text bibliography biography nyu Oxford UK Monarch books c2007 2007 1st ed. monographic eng

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xix, 281p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce, and his extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament. At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle Wilberforce won in 1807, as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the British colonies, a victory achieved just three days before his death in 1833. This is a man of whom it can truly be said: he changed the world. Before Wilberforce, few thought slavery was wrong. After Wilberforce, most societies in the world came to see it as a great moral wrong.--From publisher description. Eric Metaxas. Includes bibliographical references. Wilberforce, William 1759-1833 Abolitionists Great Britain Biography HT 1029.W6 M48 2007 326/.8092 9781854248220 2007297972 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2007297972-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2007297972-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2007297972-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2007297972-b.html BKL 070628 20160309180912.0 14907372