The Transformation of William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce c. 1790 (after John Rising), by Ste

either of whom this transformation would have been impossible: William Wilberforce (1759–. 1833) and Hannah More (1745–1833). If Napoléon was the spirit of ...

William Wilberforce: evangelical abolitionist - anglican focus

Other key influences for William Wilberforce were his aunt and uncle, Hannah and William Wilberforce, clergyman and abolitionist John Newton, ...

William Wilberforce and the Abolition of the British Slave Trade

In 1787, William Wilberforce wrote that “God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the ...

William Wilberforce- The Fight Against Slavery - The Mystery of History

He was an Englishman who dedicated his career, and his final years in retirement, to abolishing slavery in the British Empire.

William Wilberforce and the Team that 'Bowled Out Slavery'

Indeed, William Wilberforce is popularly believed to have been instrumental in leading Britain's move towards the abolition of the slave trade ...

(PDF) 'The Better Hour is Near:' William Wilberforce and ...

'The Better Hour is Near:' William Wilberforce and Transformative Religion · worked tirelessly within the structures of the Church of England for its reform,.

William Wilberforce - Peer Magazine | The Salvation Army

The biggest cause that he undertook after his conversion was the abolition of the British slave trade. He worked tirelessly for years, introducing bills to ...

William Wilberforce: Abolitionist and Friend, Politician and Evangelical

In 1807, the slave trade ended in England greatly because of Wilberforce's work. Slavery, however, continued for those already enslaved in ...

William Wilberforce and The Abolition of Slavery with Daniel Gilman

Importance of authentic Christian witness in historical and contemporary social justice movements. The transformative effect of the Great ...

BreakPoint: The Light of William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce, though born 258 years ago today, remains a man for our time: a time when racism slithers back into our national discourse and when the ...

The Victory of William Wilberforce, 1833 - Landmark Events

The Victory of William Wilberforce, July 26, 1833 ... rovidence is indeed inscrutable. Had Britain retained her American colonies in the late 18th Century, ...

William Wilberforce, Amazing Grace, Slavery, Abolition - Beliefnet

William Wilberforce was born in 1759 into a prosperous merchant family in the North Sea port city of Hull, in England. His father, Robert Wilberforce, ...

William Wilberforce: The conscience of England — by John Legg

William Wilberforce was born in 1759. In 1768 he was sent to stay with Uncle William and Aunt Hannah in London. They were supporters of George Whitefield.

William Wilberforce on How to Change the World - YouTube

William Wilberforce is a titanic figure the world knows too little about. He is best known for helping to abolish the British Slave trade, ...

William Wilberforce and England's forgotten saints | Beatrice Scudeler

On 25 March 1807, Parliament passed an act to abolish the British slave trade. · Centre stage stood William Wilberforce, the MP who dedicated the ...

William Wilberforce - Leben

The extraordinary tenacity he displayed over forty-six years of legislative warfare before the slave trade was abolished was an epic of ...

Let my people go - Creation Ministries International

This year is a historical bicentennial: on 25 March 1807, William Wilberforce's long fight to end slavery resulted in the Royal Assent to 'An Act for the ...

History - William Wilberforce - Swinemoor Primary School

William Wilberforce A deeply religious English politician who was most famous for being a key campaigner for the abolition of slavery.

William Wilberforce | Museum of the Bible

Finally, in 1807, Wilberforce published A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade. It cites Acts 17:26, “God hath made of one blood all ...

WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833). | History of Parliament Online

He was one of the most industrious Members of Parliament, assiduous alike in debate and committee and adept at both.