William Wilberforce, Janet Benge
William Wilberforce, Janet Benge
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William Wilberforce
Take Up The Fight

Author: Janet Benge

Narrator: Tim Gregory

Unabridged: 5 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/09/2016


Synopsis

William wondered how anyone was supposed to battle slavery. After all, King George III and the Church of England both had large amounts of money invested in trade with the West Indies. And a large number of bishops sat in the House of Lords. William shook his head. This was a much bigger fight than he felt capable of taking on.

For two hundred years, British slave ships plied the Middle Passage, taking African men, women, and children to their doom. Ending slavery in the mighty British Empire seemed like an impossible dream, but once William Wilberforce resolved to represent the abolitionists in Parliament, he would fight to the bitter end-for nearly half a century-to achieve that goal.

Together with a community of dynamic reformers, Wilberforce struggled to rid his nation of evil and to give dignity and freedom to all people-slave and slave trader, poor and powerful. His example continues to inspire others to use their gifts and influence to do good against the odds. (1759-1833).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel Ray on February 26, 2025

Wilberforce’s legacy was helping to abolish the 200 year British slave trade. The ships would take goods to Africa, trade for slaves, take them to the Caribbean (called the Middle Passage), and return to England with sugar. He filed bill after bill in the Parliament for years and kept the fight aliv......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on May 11, 2023

After finishing John Newton, we needed the rest of the story. This was a good read .......more

Goodreads review by Clare on March 14, 2018

I really love this series; we've listened to three of them now on Audible in the car. This has been my least favourite of the three though - I personally found it interesting and it's obviously a fantastic and important story, but this retelling is a bit long and I'm pretty sure my children didn't a......more

Goodreads review by Ruthe on July 04, 2019

The writing team of Janet and Geoff Benge have written another winning book about a winning person, William Wilberforce. Here we read of a man of privilege who didn't really make a difference in his world until Jesus Christ came into his life. Then his ideas, values and habits turned him into a man......more

Goodreads review by Summer on November 11, 2021

I love the story of William Wilberforce and many of the books in this series. This book, however, was a little bit harder for us to follow than other books in the series. There were so many political characters, friends and historical events that made it hard for my younger children to follow. It wa......more