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After a crushing political defeat, William Wilberforce nearly gave up his fight to abolish the slave trade. But a life-changing letter from John Newton sent this Daniel back into the lion's den.
- William Booth
Timeline: 1804. British and Foreign Bible Society formed....
- Harriet Tubman
William Wilberforce succeeds abolishing slave trade. 1816....
- Sojourner Truth
Timeline: 1776. U.S. Declaration of Independence. 1780....
- Elizabeth Fry
Timeline: 1740. Great Awakening peaks. 1759. Voltaire's...
- William Gladstone
William Wilberforce succeeds abolishing slave trade. 1809....
- William Booth
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But the Abolitionists were brilliant at public relations and devised radical new ways of bringing their cause to public attention. They had pamphlets full of eye-witness testimony. They had extraordinary graphics such as the famous image of the slave ship, Brookes, which showed captive Africans packed like sardines in a can. The potter Josiah Wedge...
In 1796 the Abolitionists thought they had sufficient support in Parliament to succeed at last. But parliamentary opponents offered free opera tickets to some of the bill's supporters for the night of the vote. Several chose to go to the opera rather than stay in the House and the Bill was defeated by 4 votes. Wilberforce had a nervous breakdown an...
John Newton quoted the Bible story of Daniel in the lions' den to Wilberforce. Daniel, he explained, was a public man like Wilberforce, and, like Wilberforce found himself in great difficulty. But Daniel trusted in the Lord and was faithful and therefore though he though he had enemies none could prevail against him. Newton told Wilberforce... "the...
William Wilberforce was the most high-profile member of the Clapham Sect – a group of Christian campaigners centred on an Anglican church in south London. One biographer, John Pollock, described him as ‘a man who changed his times’.
May 22, 2024 · Wilberforce’s abolitionism was derived in part from evangelical Christianity, to which he was converted in 1784–85. His spiritual adviser became John Newton, a former slave trader who had repented and who had been the pastor at Wilberforce’s church when he was a child.
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Though he lived in England two centuries ago, the life and work of William Wilberforce remain important examples for modern-day evangelicals, according to the lead historical consultant for a feature film chronicling the famous abolitionist's life.
Aug 18, 2023 · In July 1833, the 73-year-old William Wilberforce was sick in bed. He was awakened by loud footsteps in the hall. As his bedroom door flung open, he slowly turned his head towards the commotion.
Wilberforce's actions led the essayist William Hazlitt to condemn him as one "who preaches vital Christianity to untutored savages, and tolerates its worst abuses in civilised states." [132] Unfinished portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence , 1828
