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Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
2007·309 pages
Biography of William Wilberforce's Christian faith-driven campaign to abolish the British slave trade and slavery in the empire.
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Biography of William Wilberforce's Christian faith-driven campaign to abolish the British slave trade and slavery in the empire.
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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...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Descriptions of the slave trade and its atrocities, including the Zong incident
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language
Substance use
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Mentions of public drunkenness in context of social reform efforts
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation
Religious content
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Strong Christian faith themes, conversion experiences, and devotional elements central to Wilberforce's life
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult content
Political content
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Focus on abolitionist politics and social reform movements
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide themes
Abuse & suffering
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Central theme of slavery's cruelty and suffering, with historical accounts of the slave trade
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