Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery

This accessible biography tells the story of the remarkable life of William Wilberforce who passionately fought to abolish the slave trade.

William Wilberforce was born in Hull, England in 1759, at a time when slavery was accepted, as it had been for thousands of years. Society was so dependent on it, abolition was unthinkable.

A weak, sickly child, William grew into a small, frail man. Yet he was one of the brightest, wittiest, best-connected and generally talented men of his day, a Member...