William Wilberforce was born		made the shipment of slaves unlawful.
When he was nine years old he		in Hull, England.
John Newton was a former		embraced a life of partying.
Newton would conduct		to devote his life to Christ and the cause of abolition.
William's mother was alarmed by		slave ship captain.
While he was in college William		went to live with his aunt and uncle.
His grandfather and his cousin		the evangelical Methodist teaching her son received.
When he was twenty-one years old William		thousands of slaves were rescued from ships.
During a tour of Europe he was convinced		interested William in Parliament.
He determined that he would use his public office		was elected to Parliament.
The Slave Trade Act in 1807		"parlor preaching" in his home for his friends.
After the passage of the Slave Trade Act		to bring about the freeing of the slaves.