During the eighteenth century, millions of people were taken from Africa and sold as slaves. Great Britain was the most powerful country in the world with an empire built through slavery. William Wilberforce, a young idealistic government minister, campaigned tirelessly throughout his political career to abolish the slave trade. With the help of fellow humanitarians he steered the cause through parliament, enduring countless setbacks before eventual triumph.
With Fact Files on the history of the slave trade and slavery today.
ISBN: 9781905775286 (book only) ISBN: 9781905775293 (book & CD)
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