William wilberforce biography eric metaxas 7

          Tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce, and his extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural.

          Seven Men is basically an introductory biography of, well, seven different men.!

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          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  his heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle he 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.

          This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament.

        1. This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament.
        2. William Wilberforce was a small man.
        3. Seven Men is basically an introductory biography of, well, seven different men.
        4. New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely known--but not well understood--Christian men.
        5. William Wilberforce: How have I not heard more about Wilberforce?

          6. 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