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"In the 1780s, around 40,000 slaves a year were taken from Africa in British ships, on the notorious "Middle Passage," to the Caribbean. In 1787, under an oak tree in Kent, the British Prime Minister, William Pitt, invited his friend William Wilberforce to introduce a parliamentary bill outlawing the slave trade. Neither of them imagined a twenty-year political campaign that would consume the rest of Wilberforce's life. Written in a lively and engaging style, this biography of William Wilberforce transports the reader back to a dramatic age of conflict and upheaval."--Jacket

Author

Tomkins, Stephen, 1968-

Publisher

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802825933

Subjects

Political Science, History, Biography

Rating

3.58 / 5 (34 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13