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The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner
Harcourt
June 2008
On Sale: June 16, 2008
608 pages
ISBN: 0151012679
EAN: 9780151012671
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
From William Hague comes a major biography of abolitionist
William Wilberforce, the man who fought for twenty years to
abolish the Atlantic slave trade. Wilberforce, born to a prosperous family, chose a life of
public service and adherence to Evangelical values over the
comfortable merchant existence that was laid out for him.
Of a conservative bent, Wilberforce was actively hostile to
radicals and revolutionaries, but championed one of the
great liberal causes of all time—the abolition of slavery—
and was an invaluable contributor to its ultimate success.
When Parliament finally outlawed the slave trade in 1807,
Wilberforce did not rest on his laurels but took part in
the campaign for the abolition of slavery itself. He never
held or desired a cabinet post, but became an expert in any
subject he addressed as a member of Parliament. And
although his convictions were informed by deep religious
fervor, he never hesitated to change his mind upon
reflection. Hague captures all of these nuances and
complexities in this clear-eyed, humane, and moving
biography.
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