A. What events led to the formation of Wilberforce’s anti-slavery movement and why did parliament oppose it?

William Wilberforce’s opposition to slavery began when he engaged in conversation with James Ramsay, another slave trade abolitionist, about the slave trade.
This was shortly followed by a far more significant conversion to Evangelism, a conversion which helped Wilberforce solidify his opposition to the slave trade, further motivating Wilberforce to consider resigning from his political career.
John Newton, an Evangelist cleric and composer of Amazing Grace, convinced Wilberforce to remain in politics and rather do good from a position of power: serving God in public life.
Parliament opposed the Anti-slavery movement as the slave