| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xix, 281p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833.
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Abolitionists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0061173002 |
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9780061173004 |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2461776 |
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NLGGC 30167017X |
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AU@ 000041898296 |
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