The Life of William Wilberforce
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- Real Author: William Wilberforce
- Editors:
- Robert Isaac Wilberforce
- Samuel Wilberforce
- Date Published: January 2011
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William Wilberforce (1759–1833) was a politician, philanthropist and evangelical Christian, now best known for his work to end the slave trade. Elected to Parliament in 1780, he campaigned unsuccessfully for penal and electoral reform. In 1787, at the encouragement of his friend William Pitt, he took up the cause of abolition at Westminster and lobbied influential people tirelessly, but humanitarian and ethical arguments were slow to overcome the economic interests of those who had made fortunes from the slave trade or the use of slave labour. It was not until 1807 that the Abolition Bill was finally passed. Wilberforce continued his work for emancipation (not achieved until 1833, just days before his death), and also campaigned for religious liberty until ill-health led to his withdrawal from public life. This biography, based on his own writings, was published by two of his sons in 1838, but sheds more light on religious than on political aspects of his life.
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- Date Published: January 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108025102
- length: 2296 pages
- dimensions: 320 x 250 x 152 mm
- weight: 3kg
- contains: 3 b/w illus. 4 tables
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
1. Birth
2. 1780–1783. Hull election
3. 1783–4. First election for Yorkshire
4. April 1784 to April 1786. Takes his seat for Yorkshire
5. April 1786 to September 1787. Registry and Surgical-Subject Bills
6. September 1787 to December 1788. Retirement at Bath
7. December 1788 to July 1790. Serious resolutions
8. July 1790 to December 1791. Summer excursions
9. December 1791 to December 1792. Return to London
Appendix. Volume 2:
10. December 1792 to July 1794. Alarming aspect of the times
11. July 1794 to October 1795. Wilberforce preparing his religious work
12. October 1795 to July 1796. Disordered state of the public mind
13. July 1796 to October 1797. Buxton
14. November 1797 to June 1798. New session
15. June 1798 to September 1799. Settlement at Broomfield
16. September 1799 to December 1800. Bath
Appendix. Volume 3:
17. January 1801 to December 1802. Change of ministers
18. January 1803 to May 1804. New-year's day
19. May 1804 to February 1806. Encouraging prospects of abolition cause
20. February 1806 to March 1807. Wilberforce's conduct towards new ministry
21. March 1807 to June 1807. Change of ministers
22. June 1807 to December 1808. His feelings on reviewing his success
23. December 1808 to July 1810. New house
24. July 1810 to July 1811. Garden at Kensington Gore
25. July 1811 to January 1812. Correspondence with Mr. Roberts. Volume 4:
26. January 1812 to July 1812. New-year's day
27. July 1812 to February 1813. Summer at Sandgate
28. February 1813 to December 1813. Session opens
29. December 1813 to December 1814. Successes of the Allies
30. January 1815 to January 1816. Christmas at Barham Court
31. January 1816 to July 1817. West Indian opposition to Registry Bill
32. July 1817 to October 1818. Recess. Volume 5:
33. October 1818 to January 1820. Hayti
34. January 1820 to January 1822. Death of the king
35. January 1822 to July 1823. Winter at Marden Park
36. July 1823 to February 1825. Summer excursion
37. March 1825 to October 1827. Retires from London
38. October 1827 to April 1832. Settlement at Highwood
39. April 1832 to August 1833. Retirement into Kent and the Isle of Wight
Index.
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