Abolition and Emancipation Flashcards
Slave trade illegal in all of Americas Atlantic ports
1830
F. Williams “Capitalism and slavery” quote
“Mercantilism lay behind the rise of the Atlantic slave trade, mature capitalism caused its fail.” Although this idea is disliked by many British historians as emancipation was counter to British economic interests. They say it was moral right not capitalism (economic theory).
Abolition of slavery in all British possessions
1833
Statistics on how many slaves were shipped over the Atlantic
12 million over 4 centuries
2.5 million after 1808 carried over the Atlantic.
American colonization society
Est.1817 by Robert Finley.
Sierra Leone - Charles Mercer - “colonize the free people of color” 1847 –> republic of Liberia
Emancipation Proclamation
Allowed enlistment into the U.S. Army of African slaves - by the end of the war 200000 have done so.
Abolition and Africa quote presenting the problem
As land was mostly the property of the state, slaves were property out of necessity. As one African family head confessed : “ slaves are our hands and feet”
Peonage
The use of laborers bound in servitude because of debt.
Indenture statistics China
125,000 indentured chinease sent to Cuba between 1847-74
Slavery and its abolishment in French colonies
1848 - slave owners compensated 120 mln francs
All former slaves made French citizens, vote given to men.
Anti-slavery society by William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson
1823
Birmingham Ladies Antislavery Association
1828 - two dimensional emancipation. Working for both abolition and women’s civil rights.
1833 Emancipation Act
73 women’s groups agains slavery sent petitions to parliament.
Act Fred 777,000 slaves in 19 colonies, most of them Caribbean.
Set up apprenticeship program for transition to wage labor.
World Anti-Slavery Convention
1840
Seneca Falls Convention
1848 - the first women’s rights convention that passed a resolution in favour of women’s sufferage