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Additional Reading
Biographies include Robert Isaac Wilberforce and Samuel Wilberforce, The Life of William Wilberforce, 5 vol. (1838, reprinted 1972); Reginald Coupland, Wilberforce (1923, reprinted 1968); Oliver Warner, William Wilberforce and His Times (1962); Robin Furneaux, William Wilberforce (1974); John Pollock, Wilberforce (1977, reissued 1986); Garth Lean, God’s Politician: William Wilberforce’s Struggle (1980); Kevin Charles Belmonte, Hero for Humanity: A Biography of William Wilberforce (2002); Robin Furneaux, William Wilberforce (2006); and Eric Metaxas, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery (2007).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: Acton Institute - Religion and Liberty Online - William Wilberforce: Abolitionist, Reformer, Evangelical. | Oct 14, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 20, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Westminster Abbey - William Wilberforce and family. | May 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chapman University Digital Commons - William Wilberforce and William Cobbett: Reformers in Conflict in Early 19th-Century Britain (PDF). | Dec 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hull Museums and Galleries - The history of William Wilberforce and his house. | May 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: C.S. Lewis Institute - Profiles in Faith: William Wilberforce. | Apr 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity Today - William Wilberforce. | Oct 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Acton Institute - Religion and Liberty Online - William Wilberforce: Abolitionist, Reformer, Evangelical. | May 21, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indiana Historical Society - William Wilberforce: Triumph Over Britain�s Slave Trade. | Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Libertarianism.org - William Wilberforce (1759-1833). | Dec 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Wilberforce School - William Wilberforce. | Oct 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian History Institute - William Wilberforce and Slavery. | May 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity Today - William Wilberforce. | Jan 13, 2023 | ||
| Changed "283 to 16, and it became law on March 25" to "283 to 16, accompanied by a chorus of hurrahs for Wilberforce. It became law on March 25." | Sep 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: E2BN - The Abolition Project - William Wilberforce (1759 -1833): The Politician. | Feb 25, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: History of Parliament Online - William Wilberforce. | Oct 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Vision - William Wilberforce: The Persevering Parliamentarian. | Oct 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of William Wilberforce. | Apr 07, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO - The Slave Route - Biography of William Wilberforce. | Apr 07, 2013 | ||
| Added photos of William Wilberforce. | Aug 27, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 01, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Mar 01, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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