The Watchmaker Who Lived to See the Hour Strike
In 1787, a young British parliamentarian named William Wilberforce first introduced a motion to abolish the slave trade. It failed. He introduced it again the...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 2:22-40.
In 1787, a young British parliamentarian named William Wilberforce first introduced a motion to abolish the slave trade. It failed. He introduced it again the next year. It failed again. For eighteen consecutive years, Wilberforce rose in the House of Commons, presented his case with painstaking evidence, and watched his colleagues vote it down. His health deteriorated. Friends urged him to retire.…
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