Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery. by Metaxas, Eric - 2017

Milton Keynes: Authentic Media, 2017. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, lightly toned, spine ends little scuffed, corners covers & bottom corner tips last few pages little creased, minor edgewear. 305 pp. Eric Metaxas writes a gripping narrative that paints a detailed portrait not only of William Wilberforce himself and the Abolitionist Movement, but also other contemporary concerns of the social reformers. There are entries from Wilberforce's own diaries documenting his travels and the people he meets. This age is brought to life. William Wilberforce was born in Hull, England in 1759. He was not a well child, and grew into a small frail man. However, he was one of the brightest, wittiest, best-connected and generally talented men of his day, and a member of Parliament at the age of 21. He turned the world upside down by achieving the abolition of the British slave trade and the end of slavery in the British colonies.