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Abolition of the Slave Trade Flashcards

1
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What date was the Haitian Revolution

A

1791

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2
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Who re-introduced slavery in 1802?

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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3
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How did the French Revolution inspire the Haitian Revolution?

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Spread ideas from the French Revolution about the ‘Rights of Man’.

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4
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When did the Zong case occur?

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1783

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5
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What was the Zong case?

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Insurance claim in British courts revealed the disposal of slaves overboard

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6
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How many slaves perished in the Zong case?

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133

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7
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What was the name of the lawyer who defended slaves in the British courts?

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Granville Sharp

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8
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Name a dissenting religious group at the forefront of the abolition of the Slave Trade.

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The Quakers

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9
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How many pamphlets were sold by 1784 in order to raise awareness of the horrors of the Slave Trade?

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10,000

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10
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What did the Dolben Act do?

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Carriage of slaves reduced per tonnage of ship

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11
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Who led the Haitian Revolution?

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Toussaint L’Ouverture

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12
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How many people died as a result of the HAitian Revolution?

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10,000

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13
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How many white people died as a result of the Haitian Revolution?

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2,000

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14
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What was the average return in percentage terms of a slave voyage?

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100%

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15
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Name 3 important white abolition campaigners.

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Granville Sharp, Thomas Clarkson, Hannah, More, William Wilberforce

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16
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Name 2 important black abolition campaigners.

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Olaudah Equiano, Ottabah Cugoano

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17
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Give one reason why the Slave Trade was financially unstable.

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Slave revolts, risky business, no guarantee of return, weather, disease among slaves

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18
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In what year was there a slave revolt in the British Virgin Islands?

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1790

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19
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Which branch of Christianity was Wilberforce part of?

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Evangelist

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20
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Name 2 key members of the Society for Effecting the Aboltion of the Slave Trade.

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Thomas Clarkson, Josiah Wedgewood, Granville Sharp

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21
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Who was the political spokesperson for the abolition movement?

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William Wilberforce

22
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What was the name of the ship Clarkson used to illustrate the Slave Trade?

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The Brookes

23
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Why did the French abolish slavery in 1794?

A

Revolutionary ideas/Rights of Man

24
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What was the collective name for the escaped slaves living in the mountains of Jamaica?

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Maroons

25
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What did Clarkson’s model show about the Middle Passage? Give 2 points.

A

Living conditions on board ship, space between slaves, slaves shackled, layers of slaves

26
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Who encouraged William Wilberforce to become the parliamentary voice of abolition?

A

Thomas Clarkson

27
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What did Wilberforce do to help the abolition campaign?

A

Spoke regularly in parliament

28
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How many anti-slave trade petitions were presented to parliament before abolition?

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15

29
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How many plantations were destroyed in the Haitian Revolution?

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180

30
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What is absolutism?

A

A system of government where a single monarch rules without limitations to their power

31
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What was the Slave Trade Regulation Act of 1799?

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Regulated the number of slaves on a ship

32
Q

Who wrote a book about his experiences as a former slave?

A

Olaudah Equiano

33
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Who did the Quakers send a letter to complaining about the Slave Trade in 1783?

A

Queen Charlotte

34
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In what year did William Wilberfoce present the first abolition bill to the House of Commons?

A

1789

35
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In what ways did Thomas Clarkson publicise his campaign? Give 2

A

2 years travelling the country on horseback, interviewed 20000 sailors, got slave holding equipment, collected objects, wrote an essay, wrote letters, petitioned parliament, alternative Africa chest of items

36
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Name the 4 main religious groups involved in the aboltiion of the Slave Trade.

A

Quakers, Evangelicals, Unitarians, Methodists

37
Q

When did William Pitt die?

A

1806

38
Q

When did the Napoleonic Wars begin and end?

A

1793-1815

39
Q

Other than London which British ports were important in the Slave Trade?

A

Bristol and Liverpool

40
Q

When was slavery in the British Empire abolished?

A

1833

41
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How many petitions were presented to parliament in 1792?

A

519

42
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When was slavery abolished in Britain?

A

1772

43
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What was the name given to the group of people who held business interests in the Caribbean who opposed the abolition of the Slave Trade?

A

West India Lobby

44
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What slogan was used in the campaign to abolish the Slave Trade?

A

Am I not a man and a brother?

45
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Who became the MP for Hull 1780?

A

William Wilberforce

46
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Who wrote Capitalism and Slavery?

A

Eric Williams

47
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Name 3 slave grown crops.

A

Sugar, rum, cotton, coffee, tobacco

48
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At its peak how many branches of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade were founded?

A

1,200

49
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What was the name of the group of ex slaves who campaigned alongside the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade?

A

Sons of Africa

50
Q

When did the American War of Independence begin and end?

A

1776-1783

A Level Britain 1785-1870 (19 decks)

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