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William Wilberforce Bio
CHALLENGES
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
ROLE MODEL MORALS
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What year was William Wilberforce born in?
1759
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What was Wilberforce threatened with? Assassination and..?
Tirades
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What did his faith in God do to him?
Changed him from a wealthy politician into a compassionate public servant.
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Wilberforce is known to have took the path that what?
Take the path his faith lead him on.
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What was the name of William Wilberforce's wife? (before marriage)
Barbara Ann Spooner
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Which house did Wilberforce put his bill forward in?
House of Commons
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What action did Wilberforce's mother take against his Christian actions?
Tried to talk him out of them.
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How long did Wilberforce campaign for the abolishment of slave-trade and slavery for?
73 years
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What skills did he use to better society?
His gifts of persuasion, leadership and eloquent speech.
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In what year did Wilberforce write his book "Practical view of the Prevailing religious system of Professed Christians"
1797
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Who did William Wilberforce go on his European tour with?
John Milner
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How many votes did Wilberforce's first bill lose by?
8 votes
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What did his faith lead him to do guided by his conscience?
Vote against is own party.
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How did Wilberforce show persistence throughout his life?
He never gave up on putting his bill for the abolishment of slavery forward. He put the bill forward every year in the 1790s
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How many children did Wilberforce and Barbara have together?
6 -4 sons, 2 daughters
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How many church societies did William Wilberforce contribute to outside Parliament?
Roughly 69
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What did his faith cost him other than money?
Many friends
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Wilberforce believed that no-one should be condemned second best under what?
That of his own race.
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What was William Wilberforce's second bill about?
Stopping British ships from carrying slaves to foreign countries.
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By how many votes did his bill to gradually abolish slave trade win by?
283 - 16 = 267 (answer)
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What law was passed 3 days before Wilberforce's death?
The law emancipating/freeing slaves in the British empire
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He was bedridden for weeks at a time what was this due to?
Ill health from childhood
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Who from his family was against his Christian practices?
His mother
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What did Wilberforce contribute to his church societies other than his time and support?
Major financial amounts.
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What movie is based on the story of William WIlberforce?
Amazing Grace (2006)