William Wilberforce and the Promise That Outlasted a Lifetime
In 1787, a young British parliamentarian named William Wilberforce stood before the House of Commons and introduced his first motion to abolish the slave trade....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22.
In 1787, a young British parliamentarian named William Wilberforce stood before the House of Commons and introduced his first motion to abolish the slave trade. It was defeated. He introduced it again the next year. Defeated again. For eighteen consecutive years, Wilberforce brought the same bill forward, and for eighteen years, he was mocked, threatened, and voted down. His health deteriorated.…
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