Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery

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Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: HarperOne (November 13, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061173886
ISBN-13: 978-0061173882
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

“The little-known story of the lifelong struggle of a member of Parliament to abolish slavery in the British Empire.” (USA Today )“A fine and important book.” (Chicago Sun-Times ) From the Back Cover Amazing Grace is the biography of William Wilberforce, a British statesman and reformer from the early part of the 19th century. It chronicles his extraordinary contributions to the world, primarily his 20-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, which he won in 1807. He was also instrumental in passing legislation to abolish slavery in the British colonies, a victory he won just three days before his death in 1833. He was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America. America needs to become reacquainted with this moral hero.

This biography of one of the foremost abolitionists of Britain’s anti-slavery movement is the official tie-in book to the film Amazing Grace by Walden Media. The hardcover edition spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery