TITLE:
Amazing Grace : William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery / Eric Metaxas.
By:
Publication Date:
2007
Publication Information:
New York : HarperSanFrancisco,
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
281p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's 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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780061173004
