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I've seen the movie based off of this biography several times, but as is often the case, the book far outstrips the movie. As good and inspirational as the movie is, the book is ten times moreso. Metaxas includes many of the backstories and details of the fight for abolition that didn't make it in the book. Also, Wilberforce and his community of friends were involved in several other social movements (often uphill struggles) to make things better at home in England and abroad that aren't even touched on in the movie. It is inspiring to read of Wilberforce's perseverance over so many years of struggle, his humility and heart for others, and how he went from being laughed at and scorned to being upheld as a standard to the extent he radically impacted the culture of England and it started to be "fashionable" to do charitable things. Definitely one of the best and most inspirational biographies I've read.


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Amazing Grace William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery Eric Metaxas 9780061173004 Books Reviews

For a reader who knew very little about William Wilberforce, this book is an eye opener. In his younger years at university he was a bit self indulgent, but after a religious conversion he became passionate about ending the slave trade of Africans to the West Indies on British ships. Because of opposition of the Liverpool shipowners and West Indian planters, this was to take over 20 years. Wilberforce had become a member of Parliament and he perservered with his cause for many years. Not long before his death he achieved a complete triumph, the banning of slavery itself in the British West Indies, 30 years before it was to happen in the United States.
Wilberforce was an inconspicuous little man, only 5' 3" tall, but with a powerful presence and a very persuasive speaker in the House of Commons. The book contains some interesting facts, such as by the end of the 18th century, there were over 17,000 blacks living in England as free men. These had been escaped slaves who fought on the side of the British in the revolutionary war in America, but they lived in poverty, and Wilberforce tried to help them as well. His energy also extended to doing something about the abuses in colonial India, where widows were still being burned alive, after their husband's death !
Wilberforce's contribution to equality is unparalleled. The whole world now knows, even if they don't act like it, that slavery is wrong. This is because Wilberforce lived out the Gospel truth in real time in such a manner that he changed the world. Mextaxas does an excellent job giving us his history. This is a history worth reading, and Metaxas writes it well.
I listened to the audio version of this book on my way to and from Nashville and found it fabulous. Eric Metaxis is a great writer and clearly and eloquently brought this story to life. I was shocked by some of the descriptions even though I knew what slaves went through. I believe we still owe the descendants our allegiance, apologies and restitution, though I am stymied by what that would look like. I think all who read this book will find renewed courage to fight for the battles that matter in life. It pays to have a Godly outlook based on the Bible and until Jesus returns, we all have our battles to wage. Thank you Eric, and thank you Wilberforce.
This book was awesome! I love learning about history through well-written books (as opposed to the old school days of memorizing dates and names that mean almost nothing to me), and this one taught me a lot! The story of William Wilberforce's life caused me to look deeply into my own self and ask what I am doing to improve the world! I definitely need to step it up!! The book was easy to read, despite all the places and names that are mentioned; the author does a good job of reminding you who someone is when they "disappear" from the narrative for a while and then pop back up. Mr. Wilberforce's resiliency and dedication to fighting against slavery and other evils is admirable, to say the least. He deserves a place of Christian honor next to the Apostle Paul!! This is the second book I've read by Eric Mataxas, and I would not hesitate to read another of his books!
Perhaps the reason history books in American public schools skip the struggle for abolition in England and in the United States before the Civil War, is that we are mbarrassed and ashamed that so many of our ancestors, who called themselves Christians, enthusiastically participted in the slave trade.

Wilberforce and his Methodist friends put their faith to work, not by calling down fire and brimstone on the purveyors of human flesh, but by using the means at their disposal--political and economic forces that moved slowly, but finally made slavery, al least for those of us in the western world, reprehensible.

The contradictory forces in young Wilberforce's life could have easily flipped him in a direction that destroyed him and given his talents, might easily have done immense damage to England. The power of religious faith--specifically Methodist Christianity--impelled him to dedicate his life to the cause of abolishing the slave trade.

He was, of course, helped by many other men and women. Some, like John Newton, are well known to many of us. Others are more obscure. The author gives each of them his or her due.

Readers who love history will enjoy this book. Readers who doubt the power of religious zeal to change the world for the better will be encouraged to rethink their position. And readers who are both Christian and Methodist will discover even more reasons to be proud of their religious heritage.
I've seen the movie based off of this biography several times, but as is often the case, the book far outstrips the movie. As good and inspirational as the movie is, the book is ten times moreso. Metaxas includes many of the backstories and details of the fight for abolition that didn't make it in the book. Also, Wilberforce and his community of friends were involved in several other social movements (often uphill struggles) to make things better at home in England and abroad that aren't even touched on in the movie. It is inspiring to read of Wilberforce's perseverance over so many years of struggle, his humility and heart for others, and how he went from being laughed at and scorned to being upheld as a standard to the extent he radically impacted the culture of England and it started to be "fashionable" to do charitable things. Definitely one of the best and most inspirational biographies I've read.