Amazing Grace

<p><em>Amazing Grace</em> tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist cultural reformer and member of Parliament. </p><p>At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade a battle Wilberforce won in 1807 as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the British colonies a victory achieved just three days before his death in 1833. </p><p>Metaxas discovers in this unsung hero a man of whom it can truly be said: he changed the world. Before Wilberforce few thought slavery was wrong. After Wilberforce most societies in the world came to see it as a great moral wrong.</p><p>To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade HarperSanFrancisco and Bristol Bay Productions have joined together to commemorate the life of William Wilberforce with the feature-length film <em>Amazing Grace</em> and this companion biography which provides a fuller account of the amazing life of this great man than can be captured on film. </p><p>This account of Wilberforce's life will help many become acquainted with an exceptional man who was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America.</p>