Brothers in Love Shake the Mountains and Rivers: Weebulfos and the Clapham Society

Author: Zhang Wenliang
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: A war without gunfire in the history of modern legal systems, interpreting how the in Europe for thousands of years was ultimately abolished. If the history of modern legal systems is like a stage play, the scene of William Wilberforce and the Clapham Society abolishing slavery is undoubtedly the climax. This is a biography reporting a war, a war that, though no one was killed, was equally intense and cruel, fought within the parliament. Eight members of Congress, eight Christians, with different professions, parties, personalities, and backgrounds, came together to fight against slavery. With their legal expertise, rational thinking, humanitarian spirit, and the power of faith, they persevered for 50 long years amidst overwhelming opposition, curses, threats, boycotts, bribery, and pressure, remaining true to their original purpose without resorting to mob actions. Instead, they used patient, peaceful legislative processes to successfully break the legal shackles that bound thousands of enslaved people, helping them gain freedom and ending the institution of slavery on the European continent for thousands of years. William Wilberforce and the Clapham Society were eventually misunderstood and became universally recognized as moral exemplars of 19th-century parliamentary politics. The characters in the book demonstrate the political virtues of justice and conscience, as well as an unwavering spirit of perseverance, echoing like the sound of the bell at dusk and dawn, stirring the soul.