{"id": "card_n_a521ed3787c2", "kind": "note", "title": "William Wilberforce", "body": "Member of Parliament converted at 25; spends the rest of his life pressing for abolition of the slave trade against entrenched commercial interests; loses vote after vote across decades; the abolition act passes Parliament three days before his death.\n\nRestoration path: Bring the bill again every year; refuse to be exhausted by the losses; the act passes when you are nearly gone.\n\nMarkers: converted mid-career; one principal moral object; bills lost annually; decades of patient repetition; victory at the end of life\n\n— William Wilberforce, British, 1759-1833 (History)", "source": {"label": "Archetype — History", "url": "", "ref": "British, 1759-1833", "authority_tier": "reference"}, "shelf": "reference", "box": "archetypes", "bands": ["archetype", "lone_voice", "history"], "connections": [], "author": "engine", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "secular", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "564608278fae174eb13f6e108c7b6a7616a1f79b49ab24693537ff9f655d2a5f"}