William Wilberforce: The Freedom Fighter (Derick Bingham)

William Wilberforce: The Freedom Fighter

In the Trailblazers Series!

“No! No!”, cried the little boy. “Please no! I want to stay with my Mother!”

“Be quiet!,” shouted the man who had roughly pulled his mother from him. She was taken to a raise platform and offered for sale immediately. The heart-broken mother was to be separated from her little boy for the rest of her life.

This was the fate of millions of women and children in the years before slavery was finally abolished. One man stood alone, against nearly all the leaders of his nation, insisting that this hideous practice be made illegal, and his passion gradually transformed the outlook of a nation. His name was William Wilberforce.

It took him 45 years of his life to do it, but William was determined. He would make the business of “slave trading” illegal in England, no matter how long he had to work to do it! This inhumanity had to be stopped, and it took a man with strong faith in Christ and love for people to transform one of the ugliest features of his nation. A story that must be told to every generation!

A Word from the Author

“If ever I relived a life in my imagination it was while writing this life of the greatest Christian politician of all time. I traveled with him in my mind to his life as a boy in Hull and on to Cambridge University and marveled at the way the Lord reached him and saved his soul.  I held my breath as he took on the horrendous slave trade in a three-hour speech before the House of Commons that became one of the greatest speeches in the history of mankind. His eventual triumph over slavery, three days before he died was astounding! The greatest joy I have experienced following the writing of this book has been to see it published in Arabic.” — Derick Bingham, author, Belfast, N. Ireland

Recommended Reading Level:

Read to me: age 7-8
Read myself: age 9-14

About the Author

Derick Bingham was the teaching pastor at Christchurch, Belfast. He was also an Adjunct Professor of English Literature at the John Brown University and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts. A popular author and well known public speaker Derick passed away on the 6th of March 2010 following a long battle with Leukemia.

Table of Contents

1. The Slave Auction
2. A Letter from a Schoolboy
3. To Cambridge
4. The Shrimp who Swelled into a Whale
5. Oh Happy Day
6. Amazing Grace
7. The Truth about the Slave Trade
8. Mr. Greatheart
9. The Duel
10. A Night of Nights
11. Free at Last
12. Thinking Further Topics
13. Books for Further Reading
14. My Prayer Diary
15. Life Summary
16. Timeline