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Our American Stories

Slavery Slayer: The Story of William Wilberforce

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6817 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, the man who stirred the conscience of the world to see the evil of slavery was William Wilberforce. His efforts helped bring liberty to untold millions, and changed the history of the world. Eric Metaxas is the New York Times best-selling author of Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce. He's here to tell the story!

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0:00.0

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0:04.5

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0:07.1

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0:08.4

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0:11.1

I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet.

0:13.9

And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told.

0:17.4

Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of movie pass who got pushed out of the company

0:21.6

he built.

0:22.8

Everybody's trying to knock you down and it's not going to work and no one's going to like it.

0:27.3

And then boom, it's everywhere.

0:29.3

And that was that moment.

0:30.7

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0:43.8

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0:54.9

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1:00.5

Slavery to this day remains one of the ugliest blots in the long history of humanity.

1:04.9

It can be traced back as early as 4,000 BC. The man who perhaps more than any other stirred

1:09.8

the conscience of the world about this evil was William Wilberforce.

1:13.6

His efforts help bring liberty to untold millions, and his persistence and conviction influenced major change in thinking, and the history of the world too.

1:22.6

Eric Metaxis is the New York Times best-selling author of Bonhofer, Martin Luther, and Amazing Grace.

1:29.2

His biography, Amazing Grace, William Wilberforce, and the heroic campaign to end slavery,

1:34.6

was the official companion book to the feature film also titled Amazing Grace.

1:40.2

We'd like to thank Eric Pataxis for allowing us to share his story with our listeners.

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