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Author Hague, William, 1961-

Title William Wilberforce : the life of the great anti-slave trade campaigner / William Hague.

Publication Info. Orlando : Harcourt, 2007.
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY WILBERFORCE    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B WILBERFORCE    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xviii, 582 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-555) and index.
Contents One boy, two paths -- Ambition and election -- The devoted acolyte -- Agony and purpose -- Diligence and new causes -- The trade in flesh and blood -- Early optimism -- Eloquence without victory -- 'An overflowing mind' -- The independent -- Consuming passions -- Darkness before dawn -- Abolition -- High respect ; low politics -- The struggle renewed -- Under attack -- Trials of faith -- 'An increase of enjoyments' -- His feet on the rock.
Summary A major biography of abolitionist William Wilberforce, the man who fought for twenty years to abolish the Atlantic slave trade.
Subject Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833.
Legislators -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Abolitionists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Philanthropists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1820-1830.
ISBN 9780151012671
0151012679
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