1 slave trade Flashcards
by 1792 how many petitions had been signed
519
by what year had 519 petitions been signed
1792
which case had 133 slaves thrown overboard
zong case
how many slaves were thrown overboard in the zong case
133/440
when did the quakers start opposing the slave trade
1657
how much were slaves insured at
£30 per slave
how much would a working family of 5 earn a year
£24
how many pamphlets of the brooks ship did clarkson print
7000
what ship did clarkson bring flyers of
the brooks ship
how much did the cord ring ton plantation make a year
£2000
what plantation made £2000 a year
cordrington
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yey
how many plantations were abandoned in jamaica between 1799-1807
65
between what years were 65 plantations abandoned in jamaica
1799-1807
in the year 1800 what was profit %
2.5
in what year was profit 2.5%
1800
in what year was profit from slave trade 0
1807
what was the profit % in 1807
0%
what fraction of slave ships had a revolt
one in ten
what ship witnessed 100 slaves jump overboard
prince of orange
how many slaves jumped overboard on the prince of orange
100
how many MPs were linked to the west india lobby
50
what were 50 MPs closely linked to.
the west india lobby
how far did clarkson travel between 1787-1794
35,000 miles
between what years did clarkson travel 35,000 miles
1787-1794
in what year did clarkson form the society for the abolition of the slave trade
1787
what society did clarkson form in 1787
the society for the abolition of the slave trade
what date did wilberforces bill first pass the house of commons
30th may 1804
what year did equiano publish his biography
1789
who organised a suger boycott
elizebeth heyrick
when was the seditious meetings act passed and why
1795
it was passed for fear of revolution because of france and america
when did france reintroduce thee slave trade
1802
what did frances reintroduction of the slave trade mean
it became patriotic duty to oppose it
on saint lucia how many british troops did it take to defeat how many slaves
12,000 british
2,000 slaves
how many plantations were burned on saint domingue
1000
how many people were killed on saint domingue
12,000
how much was spent on jamaica in 1795
£500,000
when was 500,000 spent on jamaica
1795
in the 1780s how many newspapers were in london
12
when we’re there 12 newspapers in london
1780s
what did the all weather mail coach mean
a trip from london to bristol took 16 hours
how many coffee houses were in london
500
how many libraries were in london
100
how many slaves total were transported in the slave tradew
4 million
how many slavers survived the slave trade
2 million
how lomg would it take to traverse the middle passage
3-4 months
what did the dolben act do
fixed the number of slaves to ship ratio
when was the dolben act
1788
what percent of slaves died on each journey
12.5%
what percent of slaves died on arrival
4.5%
what was the profit percent per voyage
20-50%
what did liverpools population rise from and to
5,000 to 78,000
