William Wilberforce: Abolitionist, Politician, Writer (Heroes of the Faith)

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Summary: Wilberforce should not be such a historical unknown
Review: No book that mentions the dawning of Darwin's theory of evolution is complete without a story of the debate between Thomas Huxley and William Wilberforce. Thomas Huxley used a devastating one liner to Wilberforce's detriment and so it seems Darwin's theory of evolution was unleashed to become a commonly accepted fact or so these books seem to suggest. When I saw this book I just had to read it. I discovered that William Wilberforce had a long political career as a MP in England. Mr. Wilberforce devoted most of his political career, over 40 years to abolishing slavery. Wilberforce was almost single-handedly responsible for England's repudiation of slavery within its empire and forbidding British ships to engage in the slave trade. He is also credited with creating a religious revival in British society as a result of his policies based upon a high moral code. Wilberforce's life ends with a Hollywood flair, receiving news of his political success within hours before his death. But what about the debate? Darwinism, evolutionism, and the Thomas Huxley debate? It was not mentioned at all. I was a little disapppointd that the debate was not mentioned, but on second thought in the perspective of Wilberforce's life it probably does not rate mentioning. This book is well written, compact; it is this reader's type of book, short and to the point. The author explained Wilberforce's accomplishments and his guiding principals. More importanltly the Author in outline form sums up Wilberforce's life achievements in the last chapter, a very good technique that more authors should use to help instill the major points of a text. The appendix consists of the a chapter of a book that Wilberforce's wrote. This book had a great effect upon the British upper class and gives the reader a chance to sample the personal style of Wilberforce himself, in case the reader wants to read some of his original works. Very well done.

Rating:
Summary: Wilberforce should not be such a historical unknown
Review: No book that mentions the dawning of Darwin's theory of evolution is complete without a story of the debate between Thomas Huxley and William Wilberforce. Thomas Huxley used a devastating one liner to Wilberforce's detriment and so it seems Darwin's theory of evolution was unleashed to become a commonly accepted fact or so these books seem to suggest. When I saw this book I just had to read it. I discovered that William Wilberforce had a long political career as a MP in England. Mr. Wilberforce devoted most of his political career, over 40 years to abolishing slavery. Wilberforce was almost single-handedly responsible for England's repudiation of slavery within its empire and forbidding British ships to engage in the slave trade. He is also credited with creating a religious revival in British society as a result of his policies based upon a high moral code. Wilberforce's life ends with a Hollywood flair, receiving news of his political success within hours before his death. But what about the debate? Darwinism, evolutionism, and the Thomas Huxley debate? It was not mentioned at all. I was a little disapppointd that the debate was not mentioned, but on second thought in the perspective of Wilberforce's life it probably does not rate mentioning. This book is well written, compact; it is this reader's type of book, short and to the point. The author explained Wilberforce's accomplishments and his guiding principals. More importanltly the Author in outline form sums up Wilberforce's life achievements in the last chapter, a very good technique that more authors should use to help instill the major points of a text. The appendix consists of the a chapter of a book that Wilberforce's wrote. This book had a great effect upon the British upper class and gives the reader a chance to sample the personal style of Wilberforce himself, in case the reader wants to read some of his original works. Very well done.