What role did william wilberforce play in the abolition of slavery in the british empire?
a. he was a formerly enslaved person whose personal story inspired others to support abolition of slavery.
b. he was an early leader of the movement to abolish slavery and found the anti-slavery society.
c. he was a politician who drafted the slave trade abolition act and convinced the british king to approve it.
d. he was a wealthy businessman who purchased thousands of slaves from the americas in order to free them.