William Wilberforce: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies include Robert Isaac Wilberforce and Samuel Wilberforce, The Life of William Wilberforce, 5 vol. (1838, reprinted 1972); Reginald Coupland, Wilberforce (1923, reprinted 1968); Oliver Warner, William Wilberforce and His Times (1962); Robin Furneaux, William Wilberforce (1974); John Pollock, Wilberforce (1977, reissued 1986); Garth Lean, God’s Politician: William Wilberforce’s Struggle (1980); Kevin Charles Belmonte, Hero for Humanity: A Biography of William Wilberforce (2002); Robin Furneaux, William Wilberforce (2006); and Eric Metaxas, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery (2007).

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Vision - William Wilberforce: The Persevering Parliamentarian. Dec 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Christianity Today - William Wilberforce. Oct 25, 2024
Anniversary information added. Aug 20, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jul 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Acton Institute - Religion and Liberty Online - William Wilberforce: Abolitionist, Reformer, Evangelical. May 21, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Indiana Historical Society - William Wilberforce: Triumph Over Britain’s Slave Trade. Apr 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Libertarianism.org - Biography of William Wilberforce. Dec 07, 2023
Add new Web site: The Wilberforce School - Biography of William Wilberforce. Oct 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Christian History Institute - William Wilberforce and Slavery. May 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Christianity Today - Christian History - William Wilberforce. Jan 13, 2023
Changed "283 to 16, and it became law on March 25" to "283 to 16, accompanied by a chorus of hurrahs for Wilberforce. It became law on March 25." Sep 05, 2019
Add new Web site: E2BN - The Abolition Project - William Wilberforce (1759 -1833): The Politician. Feb 25, 2019
Add new Web site: History of Parliament Online - William Wilberforce. Oct 20, 2016
Add new Web site: Vision - William Wilberforce: The Persevering Parliamentarian. Oct 20, 2016
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of William Wilberforce. Apr 07, 2013
Add new Web site: UNESCO - The Slave Route - Biography of William Wilberforce. Apr 07, 2013
Added photos of William Wilberforce. Aug 27, 2010
Article revised and updated. Mar 01, 2007
Bibliography revised. Mar 01, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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