Abolition of the Slave Trade 1

Question 1

When was the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act?

Answer 1

1807

Question 2

When was the Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire Act?

Answer 2

1833/34

Question 3

When did the Napoleonic Wars start?

Answer 3

1793

Question 4

When did the Napoleonic Wars end?

Answer 4

1815

Question 5

When did the slave ship Zong court case happen?

Answer 5

1783

Question 6

When did the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade start?

Answer 6

1787

Question 7

In what year did Wilberforce make his first speech to parliament on the cause of abolition?

Answer 7

1789

Question 8

When did the French abolish slavery in their empire?

Answer 8

1794

Question 9

When did the French reintroduce slavery into their empire?

Answer 9

1802

Question 10

What was the Dolben Act of 1788?

Answer 10

Legislation designed to regulate the numbers of slaves carried on British ships

Question 11

What did Thomas Clarkson write while a student at Cambridge?

Answer 11

An essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species.

Question 12

What was William Smith’s Slave Carrying Act of 1799?

Answer 12

Legislation designed to regulate the way that slaves were carried on British ships.