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Amazing Grace by Eric Metaxas and Woman, Child for Sale by Gilbert King are available from ChristianBook.com, Amazon.com, and other retailers.

CT Movies' review of Amazing Grace will appear in its special section (which links to the hymn "Amazing Grace") on Friday.

A January 1, 1808 sermon by Absalom Jones commemorates the end of legal importation of slaves into the United States.

NegroSpirituals.com has the history and meaning of many African-American spirituals.

Christian History & Biography has a special section on William Wilberforce and Modern-Day Slavery.

Articles about the British abolition movement, led by William Wilberforce include:

'The Wilberforce Strategy' | Britain's great abolitionist worked to change society's values, not just its laws. (February 19, 2007)

Model in the Public Square | Hero for Humanity shows how faith can change government. By Cindy Crosby (Christianity Today, January 1, 2003)

Christian History Corner: A Politician Explains the Faith | One hundred fifty years before C. S. Lewis, William Wilberforce wrote the 'Mere Christianity' of his time. (Christianity Today, January 20, 2006)

The How, What, and Why of Christian Politics | Wilberforce's A Practical View of Christianity, and other books on Christians and politics. (Books & Culture, Nov/Dec 1996)

Virtuous Like Us? | Bury the Chains is indeed a riveting history of the British anti-slavery movement. (Books & Culture, May/June 2006)

Every Arrow Needs a Bow | William Wilberforce and the power of community. by John Hart (Re:Generation, July 1, 1998)

Other Christianity Today articles about human trafficking include:

Red-Light Rescue | The 'business' of helping prostituted women help themselves. (December 29, 2006)

Child Sex Tours | The average victim is 14, and Americans make up 25 percent of the customers. (December 29, 2006)

Sex Isn't a Spectator Sport | Germany's World Cup pimping will fuel sex trafficking. (July 1, 2006)

Asia: Christian Women Combat Sex Trafficking | Christian women lead girls out of sexual bondage. (October 4, 1999)

Back From the Brothel | Thanks to brave ministries, prostitutes are still entering the kingdom. (January 2005)

Churches Rescue Thailand's Sex Tourism Workers | Protestants and Catholics work against $2.2 billion industry (November 1, 1999)

Fighting the other slave trade | Women against sexual trafficking.(Christian History & Biography, April 1, 2006)

We're Still Supporting Slavery | New efforts to stop U.S. troops from visiting prostitutes abroad are a good step, but let's not whitewash what's happening. (September 1, 2004)

The Dick Staub Interview: Francis Bok Is Proof that Slavery Still Exists | "After spending 10 years in slavery, the young Sudanese man is telling his story to the world" (October 1, 2003)

Finding the 'Real God' | An interview with a sex trafficking survivor (November 11, 2003)

Redeeming Sudan's Slaves | Americans are becoming instant abolitionists. But is the movement backfiring? (August 9, 1999)

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March 2007, Vol. 51, No. 3