William Wilberforce had tried and failed to persuade Parliament to abolish the slave trade for nearly 20 years. Finally in 1807, Parliament passed the bill to abolish the transportation of ...
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In my bathroom hangs a photograph of William Gladstone in 1898, dead on a bier in his library at home in Hawarden, lying in ...
Eric Metaxas has written two fine biographies about historical figures who have faded into undeserved obscurity, William Wilberforce (leader of the English abolitionist movement in the early ...
He was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1792 until his death. He was known as an orator and pushed for the abolition of the slave trade with his friend William Wilberforce. Much of his ministry ...
In 1797, William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd), the great crusader for the British abolition of slavery, is taking a vacation for his health even while he is sicker at heart for his frustrated cause.
Don’t talk about religion or politics” is often suggested as a way to avoid conflict. But, if we never talk about these things, how can we learn from each other? How can we find solutions ...
Dundas’ “crime” was that he was a pragmatic politician, not a dreamer. William Wilberforce, the great anti-slavery campaigner, kept bringing motions to the British Parliament to end the ...
William Wilberforce had tried and failed to persuade Parliament to abolish the slave trade for nearly 20 years. Finally in 1807, Parliament passed the bill to abolish the transportation of ...