Collected by a descendant, these papers show Wilberforce through his friendships: letters from William Pitt and Wilberforce’s own sketch of him, letters from Wellington and other public figures, his work for wounded Prussians after Waterloo, and home letters to his family. The preface recalls Burke and Pitt praising his eloquence in the Commons.
Intimate sources on the abolitionist and his age for readers of Georgian politics. Download the free EPUB.