Abolition of the Slave Trade

Question 1

When was the slave trade abolished?

Answer 1

1807

Question 2

Who brought the bill to Parliament?

Answer 2

William Wilberforce

Question 3

How many bills did Wilberforce take to Parliament before it was passed?

Answer 3

15 (including 1807)

Question 4

What did Thomas Clarkson do?

Answer 4

Collected items about the slave trade in a box to support his argument

Question 5

Who used their religious beliefs to JUSTIFY being a slave owner?

Answer 5

John Pinney

Question 6

Which religious groups contributed to abolition?

Answer 6

Quakers, evangelists, Methodists and Unitarians

Question 7

Who was an early leader of the Methodists?

Answer 7

John Wesley

Question 8

Which evangelist group did Clarkson and Wilberforce belong to?

Answer 8

Clapham Sect

Question 9

Which church’s idea was to spread abolition message to working people?

Answer 9

Methodists

Question 10

What was the strongest anti-abolition group?

Answer 10

Society for Affecting Abolition of the Slave Trade

Question 11

What religious groups made up the SFAAOTST?

Answer 11

9 Quakers and 3 evangelists

Question 12

What did Josiah Wedgwood do?

Answer 12

Designed, manufactured and distributed abolition medallions. A humanitarian approach

Question 13

How many petitions were presented to Parliament regarding abolition in 1792?

Answer 13

519

Question 14

How many copies of the Quakers’ anti-slavery petition were sold by 1784?

Answer 14

10,000

Question 15

What year was the Haitian Revolution?

Answer 15

1791

Question 16

How much money did city Merchants in Liverpool lose due to the risky nature of investing in the slave trade?

Answer 16

£700,000

Question 17

Which act improved conditions (doctor on board, restrictions on slave quantity) on slave ships?

Answer 17

The Dolben Act, 1788

Question 18

Whose presence gave the cause significant gravitas?

Answer 18

Olaudah Equiano

Question 19

How many MPs were associated with the Society by 1800?

Answer 19

50+

Question 20

What percentage of slave ships had rebellions by the 1790s?

Answer 20

10%

Question 21

What profits would a slave owner receive per voyage?

Answer 21

20-50%

Question 22

Why did slavery wane towards the end of the 1700s?

Answer 22

Industrial revolution provided less risk and an alternative source of commerce

Question 23

What did Clarkson publish in 1786?

Answer 23

Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species

Question 24

What did Equaino publish in 1789?

Answer 24

The Interesting Narrative of the Live of Oludah Equiano

Question 25

How many branches of the Society did Clarkson help found?

Answer 25

1200

Question 26

What did the 1799 Slave Regulation Act achieve?

Answer 26

Secured terms of Dolben Act (1788) permanently

Question 27

How many killed in the Haitian Revolution (1791)?

Answer 27

12,000