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The Resource Amazing Grace : William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery, Eric Metaxas

Amazing Grace : William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery, Eric Metaxas

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xix, 281 pages, [16] pages of plates
Contents
  • 25
  • 4
  • The Great Change
  • 41
  • 5
  • Ye Must Be Born Again
  • 63
  • 6
  • The Second Great Object: The Reformation of Manners
  • 69
  • 1
  • 7
  • The Proclamation Society
  • 81
  • 8
  • The First Great Object: Abolishing the Slave Trade
  • 91
  • 9
  • The Zong Incident
  • 103
  • 10
  • Little Wilberforce
  • Abolition or Bust
  • 115
  • 11
  • Round One
  • 127
  • 12
  • Round Two
  • 139
  • 13
  • The Good Fight
  • 1
  • 147
  • 14
  • What Wilberforce Endured
  • 155
  • 15
  • Two Loves
  • 167
  • 16
  • Clapham's Golden Age
  • 181
  • 2
  • 17
  • Domestic Life at Clapham
  • 195
  • 18
  • Victory!
  • 205
  • 19
  • Beyond Abolition
  • 215
  • 20
  • Into the Wide World
  • India
  • 225
  • 21
  • Enforcing Abolition
  • 235
  • 22
  • Peace and Troubles
  • 247
  • 23
  • The Last Battle
  • 17
  • 263
  • 3
  • Wilberforce Enters Parliament
Isbn
9780061173004
Instance
Label
Amazing Grace : William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery
Title
Amazing Grace
Title remainder
William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery
Statement of responsibility
Eric Metaxas
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Summary
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
Biography type
individual biography
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258829
Cataloging source
BKL
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Metaxas, Eric
Dewey number
326/.8092
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
no index present
LC call number
DA522.W6
LC item number
M48 2007
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
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  • Wilberforce, William
  • Abolitionists
  • Wilberforce, William
  • Abolitionists
  • Great Britain
  • Wilberforce, William
Target audience
adult
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William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery
Label
Amazing Grace : William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery, Eric Metaxas
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 25
  • 4
  • The Great Change
  • 41
  • 5
  • Ye Must Be Born Again
  • 63
  • 6
  • The Second Great Object: The Reformation of Manners
  • 69
  • 1
  • 7
  • The Proclamation Society
  • 81
  • 8
  • The First Great Object: Abolishing the Slave Trade
  • 91
  • 9
  • The Zong Incident
  • 103
  • 10
  • Little Wilberforce
  • Abolition or Bust
  • 115
  • 11
  • Round One
  • 127
  • 12
  • Round Two
  • 139
  • 13
  • The Good Fight
  • 1
  • 147
  • 14
  • What Wilberforce Endured
  • 155
  • 15
  • Two Loves
  • 167
  • 16
  • Clapham's Golden Age
  • 181
  • 2
  • 17
  • Domestic Life at Clapham
  • 195
  • 18
  • Victory!
  • 205
  • 19
  • Beyond Abolition
  • 215
  • 20
  • Into the Wide World
  • India
  • 225
  • 21
  • Enforcing Abolition
  • 235
  • 22
  • Peace and Troubles
  • 247
  • 23
  • The Last Battle
  • 17
  • 263
  • 3
  • Wilberforce Enters Parliament
Control code
ocm81967213
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xix, 281 pages, [16] pages of plates
Isbn
9780061173004
Lccn
2007297972
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)81967213
Label
Amazing Grace : William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery, Eric Metaxas
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 25
  • 4
  • The Great Change
  • 41
  • 5
  • Ye Must Be Born Again
  • 63
  • 6
  • The Second Great Object: The Reformation of Manners
  • 69
  • 1
  • 7
  • The Proclamation Society
  • 81
  • 8
  • The First Great Object: Abolishing the Slave Trade
  • 91
  • 9
  • The Zong Incident
  • 103
  • 10
  • Little Wilberforce
  • Abolition or Bust
  • 115
  • 11
  • Round One
  • 127
  • 12
  • Round Two
  • 139
  • 13
  • The Good Fight
  • 1
  • 147
  • 14
  • What Wilberforce Endured
  • 155
  • 15
  • Two Loves
  • 167
  • 16
  • Clapham's Golden Age
  • 181
  • 2
  • 17
  • Domestic Life at Clapham
  • 195
  • 18
  • Victory!
  • 205
  • 19
  • Beyond Abolition
  • 215
  • 20
  • Into the Wide World
  • India
  • 225
  • 21
  • Enforcing Abolition
  • 235
  • 22
  • Peace and Troubles
  • 247
  • 23
  • The Last Battle
  • 17
  • 263
  • 3
  • Wilberforce Enters Parliament
Control code
ocm81967213
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xix, 281 pages, [16] pages of plates
Isbn
9780061173004
Lccn
2007297972
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)81967213

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