Wilberforce - further reading

Deverell, Liz. & Watkins, Gareth Wilberforce and Hull (Kingston Press, 2000)

Furneaux, Robin William Wilberforce (Hamish Hamilton, 1974)

Haigh, William (Harper Press, 2007)

Hochschild, Adam Bury the Chains: the British Struggle to Abolish Slavery (Macmillan, 2005)

Lean, Garth God’s Politician (Darton, Longman and Todd, 1980)

Pollock, John Wilberforce (Constable, 1977)

Scharma, Simon Rough Crossings: Britain, the slaves and the American Revolution (BBC Books, 2005)

Tattersfield, Nigel The forgotten trade: comprising the log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1 725 (Jonathan Cape, 1991)

Walvin, James Black Ivory: a History of British Slavery (Harper Collins, 1992)

Warner, Oliver William Wilberforce and His Times (Batsford, 1962)

Wilberforce, Robert & Wilberforce, Samuel, The life of William Wilberforce by his sons...in Five Volumes (Murray, 1888)

Wilberforce, William A letter on the abolition of the slave trade; addressed to the freeholders and other inhabitants of Yorkshire (Hatchard, 1807)

Wilberforce, William A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians in the Higher and Middle Classes of this Country Contrasted with Real Christianity. (Hodder, 1989)

A brief biography of William Wilberforce and related collections held at the History Centre are also available.