William Wilberforce: Take Up the Fight

by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1624860575
• ISBN13: 9781624860577
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Emerald Books
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7