Amazing Grace and Relationships

The film ‘Amazing Grace’ follows the quest of William (Wilber) Wilberforce to abolish slavery in the UK. He was a member in the House of Commons and his friend William Pitt became the Prime Minister. On Wilber’s endeavour he introduced a bill with the help of Pitt (who was also a strong believer of the movement, which is one of the factors that made them such close friends) and a group of anti-slavery activists which included Equiano, an ex-slave who was of African descent, and Thomas Clarkson, a friend devoted the abolition of slavery. Another on this team was former slave trader turned abolitionist John Newton, he knew what went on behind the scenes with the slavery business and found god and decided against what he had been doing. He wrote the hymn ‘Amazing Grace’ which was a giant inspiration to Wilber, and guided him to spiritual peace with God, and encouraged him to the idea that he could best serve god in the House of Commons. Wilber’s relationship with Newton was special; they had respect for each other on not only a personal but also professional level. The relationship shared between this pair was so strong because of their mutual connection with god, they had both found what they believed in and could understand what each other was going through, as they were both of recognised members of enforcement and were openly Christian. But this anti-slavery bill put forward was abolished with the force of the likes of Lord Tarelton, leader of the pro-slavery head-liners, and the Duke of Clarence, who saw slavery as profitable and as no humanitarian issue. William saw no sense in him and found it utterly inhumane when they were playing cards and the Duke of Clarence put up his African coach drive as a prize, so he stormed off prize-less; undoubtedly this pair’s relationship was poor.
After this bill was put down Wilber turned ill and had to leave London for a more relaxing location at a country home of his friends. He got his headspace cleared and re-connected