Resolution
of the United Nations - Supplementary Convention on
the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions
and Practices Similar to Slavery - September 7, 1956
CREATING THE BETTER HOUR: Lessons from
William Wilberforce With foreword by Rick Warren
ISBN: 978-0-9796462-1-B
Ships third week of October
A collection of scholarly reflections on Wilberforce, the
Clapham Circle, the unfinished business of slavery, and the
transformation of culture. 360-page book with group
discussion questions. Contributors include Os Guinness,
Chuck Colson, Baroness Caroline Cox, Joe Califano, and Kevin
Belmonte. Great for small groups!
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A Practical View of Real
Christianity by William WIlberforce. Selected and foreword by Chuck Stetson
A Practical
View of Real Christianity was first published in 1792.
These excerpts are taken from that text and light adapted
for modern spelling. Most endnotes are from the original
edition; some minor explanatory note have been added along
with citation for many of Wilberforce's Bible quotations.
Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery,
by Eric Metaxas.
Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British
abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography
chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural
reformer, and member of Parliament. At the center of this heroic life was
a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle
Wilberforce won in 1807, as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the
British colonies, a victory achieved just three days before his death in 1833.
Metaxas discovers in this unsung hero a man of whom it can truly be said: he
changed the world. Before Wilberforce, few thought slavery was wrong. After
Wilberforce, most societies in the world came to see it as a great moral wrong.
To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade,
HarperSanFrancisco and Bristol Bay Productions have joined together to
commemorate the life of William Wilberforce with the feature-length film Amazing
Grace and this companion biography, which provides a fuller account of the
amazing life of this great man than can be captured on film. This account of
Wilberforce's life will help many become acquainted with an exceptional man who
was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in
America.
Hero for Humanity: A Biography of William Wilberforce The pages of history are marked by legacies-- some good,
some evil-- that have changed the shape of the world and the
course of humankind. Among the makers of these legacies is a
figure often overlooked in classrooms and underestimated by
writers of history texts. Yet his influence on modern
culture is unparalleled. You are invited to join author
Kevin Belmonte on a journey through the life and times of
William Wilberforce. Explore his childhood, his troubled
youth, and his departure from Christianity. Learn about his
early political ambitions and the process of his reunion
with evangelical faith-- an inner transformation that
prepared Wilberforce to embrace his destiny. Experience his
triumphant emergence from a forty-six year battle to abolish
the slave trade and, ultimately, slavery itself in Britain.
And discover how, in forsaking his own success and living
for something greater than himself, Wilberforce bolstered
the cause of human dignity amidst the turmoil of war, and
impacted the lives of millions across the globe.
Travel with William Wilberforce: The Friend of Humanity
A man often overlooked in history, Wilberforce fought a battle
of some forty-six years to abolish slave trade and, ultimately,
slavery itself in Britain. From his troubled youth and departure
from Christianity to his reunion with evangelical faith and his
destiny, this guide helps you to understand and experience the
ups and downs this remarkable man experienced as he labored to
uphold the dignity of life.
When William Wilberforce and the Clapham Group emerged in
mid-18th century England, a godless and repressive world
prevailed. Eventually, they succeeded in making "goodness
fashionable" once again. This powerful book gives hope and
guidance to 21st-century Christians facing a similar
situation.
Wilberforce John Pollock, London, Constable and
Company Ltd, 1977
York
Courses has produced a 5-part ecumenical course called 'Can
we build a better world? - learning from William
Wilberforce' for church discussion groups.
York Courses has produced a 5-part ecumenical course
called 'Can we build a better world? - learning from William
Wilberforce' for church discussion groups during Lent 2007.
The course CD/audio tape features the Archbishop of York Dr
John Sentamu, Leslie Griffiths, Minister of Wesley s Chapel,
London, actress Wendy Craig, former Archbishop of York Dr
David Hope and five Poor Clare Sisters from BBC TV s series
'The Convent'. The course booklet contains questions for
groups and is written by international author Canon John
Young. A transcript booklet of the CD/audio tape is also
available. The course will be used by tens of thousands in
Britain and overseas and extracts will be carried on various
local BBC radio stations, plus Premier Radio in London. Four
national church newspapers will carry an edited version of
the course. York Courses are supported by Dr David Hope,
former Archbishop of York, and produced by Canon Simon
Stanley and Canon John Young.
Thomas Clarkson and the campaign against slavery Thomas Clarkson was a pivotal figure in the campaigns against
the slave trade and then slavery. His research into the conditions and
treatment African slaves were forced to endure, revealed the horror of the
slave trade to the public. For over 60 years he was a pioneering campaigner,
traveling thousands of miles around the country, to raise awareness and
seek support for the abolitionist cause. It took this persistence, and that
of his fellow abolitionists to turn the fight against slavery into the leading
political issue of the day.
AntiSlavery.org.
Click here for a catalogue.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Davis follows Challenging the Boundaries
of Slavery with this impressive and sprawling history of "human
attempts to dehumanize other people" that focuses extensively on
slave rebellions. These counter-attempts, Davis argues, are what
form the base of the identities and communities of the
descendants of New World slaves. In charting the evolution of
slavery and societies' responses to it from 71 BCE to 1948,
Davis author shows how ancient slavery practices mirrored the
process of animal domestication, explores the moral conflicts
the United States faced during the American Revolution and how
the Haitian revolutions disrupted the class system. A lengthy
and especially informative study of British and American
abolitionist movements paves the way for a concise breakdown of
American slavery politics during the Civil War and
reconstruction. Davis's account is rich in detail, and his voice
is clear enough to coax even casual readers through this dense
history.
David Brion Davis's books on the history of slavery reflect
some of the most distinguished and influential thinking on
the subject to appear in the past generation. The Problem of
Slavery in the Age of Revolution, the sequel to Davis's
Pulitzer Prize-winning The Problem of Slavery in Western
Culture and the second volume of a proposed trilogy, is a
truly monumental work of historical scholarship that first
appeared in 1975 to critical acclaim both academic and
literary. This reprint of that important work includes a new
preface by the author, in which he situates the book's
argument within the historiographic debates of the last two
decades.
1807-2007: Over 200 years of campaigning against
slavery This publication gives an overview of the Transatlantic Slave
Trade and considers the factors that, in less than twenty years, led
isolated voices of protest to develop into a popular movement, which helped
bring about the abolition of the slave trade in 1807. The report also traces
how, after the end of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, new forms of slavery began
to manifest themselves and how these contemporary forms of slavery were
challenged through popular campaigns and by the development of
international standards to prohibit them. It also considers what action needs to be
taken to assist the millions of people who continue to be subjected to
contemporary forms of slavery today. Available from
AntiSlavery.org.
Click here for a catalogue.
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A Practical View of Real
Christianity by William WIlberforce.
,
by Eric Metaxas.
Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British
abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography
chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural
reformer, and member of Parliament. At the center of this heroic life was
a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle
Wilberforce won in 1807, as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the
British colonies, a victory achieved just three days before his death in 1833.
Metaxas discovers in this unsung hero a man of whom it can truly be said: he
changed the world. Before Wilberforce, few thought slavery was wrong. After
Wilberforce, most societies in the world came to see it as a great moral wrong.
To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade,
HarperSanFrancisco and Bristol Bay Productions have joined together to
commemorate the life of William Wilberforce with the feature-length film Amazing
Grace and this companion biography, which provides a fuller account of the
amazing life of this great man than can be captured on film. This account of
Wilberforce's life will help many become acquainted with an exceptional man who
was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in
America.
York
Courses has produced a 5-part ecumenical course called 'Can
we build a better world? - learning from William
Wilberforce' for church discussion groups.
