wilberforce was a humble man to be the first to say it wasn't wilberforce. he would say he was helped by others and it was god who did it. but when you study a lifelike that you can't help but be inspired to get help but be inspired to see what might happen if i turn my life over to some nobler purpose or do gods nobler purposes in this case, certainly plural. the great britain into which he was born, 1759 was a broken place. it's hard for us to become broken it was but every social evil you can imagine, the slave trade was only the worst of a host of social ills but i was myself a study. this was news to me. i'm not a historian who studies it for decades and decidedly to write a book about a. i knew what most people know which is almost nothing. but in 1785 we had a dramatic conversion experience, very dramatic, and he turned everything over to god. basically said, i've been given wealth, connections, influence, tremendous talent, oracle skills. how can they put these in service to others, not my own political ambitions but in the service of others? the car

dinner,he scene, at the he is talking to wilberforce. he is talking about the moment that he disembarked from the slave ship in the west indies. ,nd he turns to wilberforce opens his shirt, to show the brand that he had received. slaves were branded like towels steers.cows and he says this was the moment that i knew i no longer belong to god, but to men. now atting choked up that line. in the film, it is very powerful. i got a lump in my throat this softball, andof a he said that. if something went off in my head. . said that is the seed right there. that is the seed of conservatism. god, not tong to other men. that is it, right there. jefferson said something similar when he said no man was born with a saddle on his back, and another man with boots and spurs to ride him by the race of god. all men belong to god. not to other men. idea is codified in our founding document. the 55 most important words in world history. we hold these truths to be self-evident, all men are rated endowed by they are their creator with certain inalienable rig

dinner,he scene, at the he is talking to wilberforce. he is talking about the moment that he disembarked from the slave ship in the west indies. ,nd he turns to wilberforce opens his shirt, to show the brand that he had received. slaves were branded like towels steers.cows and he says this was the moment that i knew i no longer belong to god, but to men. now atting choked up that line. in the film, it is very powerful. i got a lump in my throat this softball, andof a he said that. if something went off in my head. . said that is the seed right there. that is the seed of conservatism. god, not tong to other men. that is it, right there. jefferson said something similar when he said no man was born with a saddle on his back, and another man with boots and spurs to ride him by the race of god. all men belong to god. not to other men. idea is codified in our founding document. the 55 most important words in world history. we hold these truths to be self-evident, all men are rated endowed by they are their creator with certain inalienable rig