William Wilberforce

August 24, 1759 – July 29, 1833

British Parliamentarian & Abolitionist

Fought for decades to abolish the slave trade in the name of Christ

Biography

See entry in Historical Biographies - Reformers & Theologians. Included here as cross-reference for his political significance.

Cross-reference: see Historical Biographies.

William Wilberforce — Wikipedia — See full entry in Reformers & Theologians
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians by William Wilberforce (1797) — Wilberforce's influential book on authentic Christianity vs. nominal faith — a bestseller that shaped evangelical thought and fueled the abolition movement
Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas — Biography detailing how Wilberforce's evangelical conversion drove his 46-year campaign to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire