1 slave trade Flashcards

1
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by 1792 how many petitions had been signed

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519

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2
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by what year had 519 petitions been signed

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1792

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3
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which case had 133 slaves thrown overboard

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zong case

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4
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how many slaves were thrown overboard in the zong case

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133/440

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5
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when did the quakers start opposing the slave trade

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1657

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6
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how much were slaves insured at

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£30 per slave

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7
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how much would a working family of 5 earn a year

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£24

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8
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how many pamphlets of the brooks ship did clarkson print

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7000

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9
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what ship did clarkson bring flyers of

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the brooks ship

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10
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how much did the cord ring ton plantation make a year

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£2000

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11
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what plantation made £2000 a year

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cordrington

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12
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free card

A

yey

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13
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how many plantations were abandoned in jamaica between 1799-1807

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65

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14
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between what years were 65 plantations abandoned in jamaica

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1799-1807

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15
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in the year 1800 what was profit %

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2.5

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16
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in what year was profit 2.5%

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1800

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17
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in what year was profit from slave trade 0

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1807

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18
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what was the profit % in 1807

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0%

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19
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what fraction of slave ships had a revolt

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one in ten

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20
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what ship witnessed 100 slaves jump overboard

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prince of orange

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21
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how many slaves jumped overboard on the prince of orange

22
Q

how many MPs were linked to the west india lobby

23
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what were 50 MPs closely linked to.

A

the west india lobby

24
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how far did clarkson travel between 1787-1794

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35,000 miles

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between what years did clarkson travel 35,000 miles
1787-1794
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in what year did clarkson form the society for the abolition of the slave trade
1787
27
what society did clarkson form in 1787
the society for the abolition of the slave trade
28
what date did wilberforces bill first pass the house of commons
30th may 1804
29
what year did equiano publish his biography
1789
30
who organised a suger boycott
elizebeth heyrick
31
when was the seditious meetings act passed and why
1795 it was passed for fear of revolution because of france and america
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when did france reintroduce thee slave trade
1802
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what did frances reintroduction of the slave trade mean
it became patriotic duty to oppose it
34
on saint lucia how many british troops did it take to defeat how many slaves
12,000 british 2,000 slaves
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how many plantations were burned on saint domingue
1000
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how many people were killed on saint domingue
12,000
37
how much was spent on jamaica in 1795
£500,000
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when was 500,000 spent on jamaica
1795
39
in the 1780s how many newspapers were in london
12
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when we’re there 12 newspapers in london
1780s
41
what did the all weather mail coach mean
a trip from london to bristol took 16 hours
42
how many coffee houses were in london
500
43
how many libraries were in london
100
44
how many slaves total were transported in the slave tradew
4 million
45
how many slavers survived the slave trade
2 million
46
how lomg would it take to traverse the middle passage
3-4 months
47
what did the dolben act do
fixed the number of slaves to ship ratio
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when was the dolben act
1788
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what percent of slaves died on each journey
12.5%
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what percent of slaves died on arrival
4.5%
51
what was the profit percent per voyage
20-50%
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what did liverpools population rise from and to
5,000 to 78,000