Title: Amazing Grace Pdf William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
Author: Eric Metaxas
Published Date: 2007-11-13
Page: 320
“A fine and important book.” (Chicago Sun-Times)“The little-known story of the lifelong struggle of a member of Parliament to abolish slavery in the British Empire.” (USA Today) Amazing Grace is the biography of William Wilberforce, a British statesman and reformer from the early part of the 19th century. It chronicles his extraordinary contributions to the world, primarily his 20-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, which he won in 1807. He was also instrumental in passing legislation to abolish slavery in the British colonies, a victory he won just three days before his death in 1833. He was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America. America needs to become reacquainted with this moral hero. This biography of one of the foremost abolitionists of Britain’s anti-slavery movement is the official tie-in book to the film Amazing Grace by Walden Media. The hardcover edition spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
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.
Metaxas discovers in this unsung hero 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.
To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade, HarperSanFrancisco and Bristol Bay Productions have joined together to commemorate the life of William Wilberforce with the feature-length film Amazing Grace and this companion biography, which provides a fuller account of the amazing life of this great man than can be captured on film.
This account of Wilberforce's life will help many become acquainted with an exceptional man who was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America.
In My Top 5 Biographies of All Time I've seen the movie based off of this biography several times, but as is often the case, the book far outstrips the movie. As good and inspirational as the movie is, the book is ten times moreso. Metaxas includes many of the backstories and details of the fight for abolition that didn't make it in the book. Also, Wilberforce and his community of friends were involved in several other social movements (often uphill struggles) to make things better at home in England and abroad that aren't even touched on in the movie. It is inspiring to read of Wilberforce's perseverance over so many years of struggle, his humility and heart for others, and how he went from being laughed at and scorned to being upheld as a standard to the extent he radically impacted the culture of England and it started to be "fashionable" to do charitable things. Definitely one of the best and most inspirational biographies I've read.Loved this Book I listened to the audio version of this book on my way to and from Nashville and found it fabulous. Eric Metaxis is a great writer and clearly and eloquently brought this story to life. I was shocked by some of the descriptions even though I knew what slaves went through. I believe we still owe the descendants our allegiance, apologies and restitution, though I am stymied by what that would look like. I think all who read this book will find renewed courage to fight for the battles that matter in life. It pays to have a Godly outlook based on the Bible and until Jesus returns, we all have our battles to wage. Thank you Eric, and thank you Wilberforce.An Amazing Man For a reader who knew very little about William Wilberforce, this book is an eye opener. In his younger years at university he was a bit self indulgent, but after a religious conversion he became passionate about ending the slave trade of Africans to the West Indies on British ships. Because of opposition of the Liverpool shipowners and West Indian planters, this was to take over 20 years. Wilberforce had become a member of Parliament and he perservered with his cause for many years. Not long before his death he achieved a complete triumph, the banning of slavery itself in the British West Indies, 30 years before it was to happen in the United States.Wilberforce was an inconspicuous little man, only 5' 3" tall, but with a powerful presence and a very persuasive speaker in the House of Commons. The book contains some interesting facts, such as by the end of the 18th century, there were over 17,000 blacks living in England as free men. These had been escaped slaves who fought on the side of the British in the revolutionary war in America, but they lived in poverty, and Wilberforce tried to help them as well. His energy also extended to doing something about the abuses in colonial India, where widows were still being burned alive, after their husband's death !
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