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The 29th Pure Gold Classic, William Wilberforce presents the very best of this great man's life and work. It includes his Practical View of Christianity, historic papers, and a wonderful biography of the man who became the conscience of the world and helped bring an end to the practice of slavery in the civilized world. William Wilberforce, the son of a wealthy merchant, was born in Hull in 1759. William's father died when he was young, and for a time William was brought up by an uncle and aunt. William came under the influence of his aunt, who was a strong supporter of John Wesley and the Methodist movement. Disturbed by these developments, Mrs. Wilberforce brought her son back to the family home. In 1784 Wilberforce converted to Evangelical Christianity. He joined the Clapham Set, a group of evangelical members of the Anglican Church, centered around John Venn, rector of Clapham Church in London. As a result of this conversion, Wilberforce became interested in social reform and was eventually approached by Lady Middleton and was asked to use his power as an MP to bring an end to the slave trade. As a member of the evangelical movement, Wilberforce was sympathetic to Mrs. Middleton's request. In his letter of reply, Wilberforce wrote: "I feel the great importance of the subject and I think myself unequal to the task allotted to me." Despite these doubts, Wilberforce agreed to Mrs. Middleton's request, but soon afterwards, he became very ill and it was not until 12th May, 1789, that he made his first speech against the slave trade.

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Bridge Logos Foundation

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0882703706

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9780882703701

The Life of William Wilberforce

By: William Wilberforce

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The Life of William Wilberforce

By: William Wilberforce

A biography based on William Wilberforce writings and published by two of his sons in 1838.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108025056

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9781108025058

William Wilberforce

The Life of the Great Anti-slave Trade Campaigner

By: William Hague

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William Wilberforce

The Life of the Great Anti-slave Trade Campaigner

By: William Hague

A major biography of abolitionist William Wilberforce, the man who fought for twenty years to abolish the Atlantic slave trade.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0151012679

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9780151012671

William Wilberforce

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By: William Wilberforce

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By: William Wilberforce

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The Correspondence of William Wilberforce

By: William Wilberforce

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The Correspondence of William Wilberforce

By: William Wilberforce

Published in 1840, the letters of William Wilberforce reveal the efforts and beliefs of the great philanthropist and abolitionist.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108025110

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9781108025119

William Wilberforce

The Life of the Great Anti-slave Trade Campaigner

By: William Hague

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The Life of the Great Anti-slave Trade Campaigner

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A major biography of abolitionist William Wilberforce, the man who fought for twenty years to abolish the Atlantic slave trade.

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The Correspondence of William Wilberforce

By: William Wilberforce

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The Correspondence of William Wilberforce

By: William Wilberforce

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, while Thomas Clarkson and others collected evidence and mobilised popular opinion. Wilberforce also lobbied tirelessly for the cause, 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 the emancipation of slaves, and also campaigned for religious liberty. This work, edited by two of his sons and published in 1840, includes their reply to criticisms by Thomas Clarkson of their earlier biography.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108025110

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9781108025119

Real Christianity

By: William Wilberforce

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Real Christianity

By: William Wilberforce

Just in time for the release of Amazing Grace, the movie about the life of William Wilberforce. This edition of his classic book from 1797, Real Christianity, is paraphrased in modern language and made more accessible to contemporary readers. This is the book that helped abolish the slave trade in the United Kingdom and called Christians to live a more authentic life of faith more than two hundred years ago. The timeless truths it contains will speak to readers in fresh ways today. Christians who eschew cultural Christianity in favor of a real faith in Christ, will find the principles here thought-provoking and applicable. The social justice orientation will appeal to readers of Jim Wallis, Os Guinness, Charles Colson, Shane Claiborne, John Perkins, Bono, and Nancy Pearcey. Readers will also find the book is a good litmus test of the authenticity of their own faith.

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182

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Baker Books

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1441267565

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9781441267566

Homosexuality and the Crisis of Anglicanism

By: William L. Sachs

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Homosexuality and the Crisis of Anglicanism

By: William L. Sachs

Uncovers the origins of the conflict over homosexuality which has drawn worldwide interest and divided the Anglican Church.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521851203

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9780521851206

Amazing Grace in John Newton

By: William E. Phipps

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Amazing Grace in John Newton

By: William E. Phipps

In "Amazing Grace," the best-loved of all hymns, John Newton's allusions to the drama of his life tell the story of a youth who was a virtual slave in Sierra Leone before ironically becoming a slave trader himself. Liverpool, his home port, was the center of the most colossal, lucrative, and inhumane slave trade the world has ever known. A gradual spiritual awakening transformed Newton into an ardent evangelist and antislavery activist.Influenced by Methodists George Whitefield and John Wesley, Newton became prominent among those favoring a Methodist-style revival in the Church of England. This movement stressed personal conversion, simple worship, emotional enthusiasm, and social justice. While pastor of a poor flock in Olney, he and poet William Cowper produced a hymnal containing such perennial favorites as "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" and "God Moves in a Mysterious Way." Later, while serving a church in London, Newton raised British consciousness on the immorality of the slave trade. The account he gave to Parliament of the atrocities he had witnessed helped William Wilberforce obtain legislation to abolish the slave trade in England.Newton's life story convinced many who are "found" after being "lost" to sing Gospel hymns as they lobbied for civil rights legislation. His close involvement with both capitalism and evangelicalism, the main economic and religious forces of his era, provide a fascinating case study of the relationship of Christians to their social environment. In an afterword on Newtonian Christianity, Phipps explains Newton's critique of Karl Marx's thesis that religious ideals are always the effect of what produces the most profit. Phipps relies on accountsNewton gives in his ship journal, diary, letters, and sermons for this most readable scholarly narrative.

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Mercer University Press

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0865548684

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9780865548688

The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough

An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship

By: William Sanders Scarborough

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The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough

An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship

By: William Sanders Scarborough

An important autobiography that reveals the story of William Sanders Scarborough who rose out of slavery to become a renowned classical philologist and African American icon. "If W.E.B Du Bois, the antecedent of today's black public intellectuals, himself has an antecedent, it is W. S. Scarborough, the black scholar's scholar." – Henry Louis Gates Jr. This illuminating autobiography traces Scarborough's path out of slavery in Macon, Georgia, to a prolific scholarly career that culminated with his presidency of Wilberforce University. Despite the racism he met as he struggled to establish a place in higher education for African Americans, Scarborough was an exemplary scholar, particularly in the field of classical studies. He was the first African American member of the Modern Language Association, a forty-four-year member of the American Philological Association, and a true champion of higher education. Scarborough advocated the reading, writing, and teaching of liberal arts at a time when illiteracy was rampant due to slavery's legacy, white supremacists were dismissing the intellectual capability of blacks, and Booker T. Washington was urging African Americans to focus on industrial skills and training. The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough is a valuable historical record of the life and work of a pioneer who helped formalize the intellectual tradition of the black scholar. Michele Valerie Ronnick contextualizes Scarborough's narrative through extensive notes and by exploring a wide variety of sources such as census records, church registries, period newspapers, and military and university records. This book is indispensable to anyone interested in the history of intellectual endeavor in America, Africana studies and classical studies, in particular, as well as those familiar with the associations and institutions that welcomed and valued Scarborough.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814348890

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9780814348895

Fire in His Heart

Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner and the A.M.E. Church

By: William Seraile

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Fire in His Heart

Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner and the A.M.E. Church

By: William Seraile

A biography of one of the most distinguished leaders of the A.M.E. Church who influenced generations through his participation in African-American affairs and his writings in the Christian Recorder and other publications of the church.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572330279

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