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by Stephen Tomkins (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Lion Hudson Plc (19 Jan 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0745952321
  • ISBN-13: 978-0745952321
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.6 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 259,425 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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William Wilberforce's name will forever be associated with the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Stephen Tomkins' book covers: early years as son of a wealthy merchant family in Hull; dissolute life in Cambridge; work as MP under Pitt; evangelical conversion; campaigner for public morality; leads parliamentary movement for the abolition of slavery; forms the "Clapham Sect'; anti-slave trade law; and, how he died 3 days after final reading of the Emancipation Bill. Through the book, the author includes primary documentation about the experience of slaves and the activities of slavers.


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tephen Tomkins has a PhD in Church History at London Bible College and a contributing editor to the Ship of Fools website. He is the author of John Wesley: A Biography, Paul and his World and A Short History of Christianity (all Lion).

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4.0 out of 5 stars A new slant on a ground well covered, 5 Mar 2007
By S. Wilberforce (uk) - See all my reviews
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Tomkins' book follows an increasing number of biographies of William Wilberforce, Pollock's book being considered the first best of its kind. Here Tomkins attempts to update the view of Wilberforce from a generally secular viewpoint, bringing in many observations and connections about his life. The book is generally well-balanced, with Wilberforce's apparent slow pace being explained in terms of the political situation at the time, especially the French revolution and its ensuing war, and the poverty of industrial Britons. The radicalism shown by many of his contemporaries would not have played well in parliament, which was generally not too worried about public opinion. The more cautious approach was more likely to succeed. A useful introduction and worthwhile additions - SHW
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4.0 out of 5 stars Hull's Greatest Son, 16 Jul 2007
By G. J. Weeks (London) - See all my reviews
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Tompkin's has written a sympathetic biography of the great reformer but the author shows a better understanding of Wiberforce's Christianity than he does of his conservatism. I think that the author is in danger of judging Wilberforce by 21st century standards over his opposition to trades unions, support of fewer of civil liberties in the face of threatened French invasion and the persecution of the promoters of atheistic books. Wilberforce's campaign to abolish the slave trade is the major theme of the book as it was the dominating thing in his life. But this history would be improved by the inclusion of a brief chronology or time line, putting Wilberforce's campaign and life in the world historic context of the time which included the American and French revolutions as well as the rise and fall of Napoleon. Wilberforce turned down all office and advancement including a peerage. He was ever a man of principle not party, a great philanthropist and saint whose perseverance was a greater gift than his oratory.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Perseverence, 23 Oct 2009
By Mrs. Jane Helden "Missmoge" (Cambridgeshire) - See all my reviews
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Although not a very long book it encompasses a large period of time, the frustration on behalf of the abolitionists must have been immense. Two things that struck me were; firstly how unrepresentative MPs were of the population with seats being bought, and secondly how the slaves were never considered to be human so the bad treatment they suffered was not perceived to be a problem. Wilberforce was not a saint but his conviction through his obvious strong faith brought about the cessation of this awful trade.
The book is reasonably easy to read and I with no intellectual or political background understood it and would recommend it to anyone interested in Wilberforce and the politics of that time.
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