Abolition of The Slave Trade (Campaigns)

Question 1

When was the Society for The Abolition of The Slave Trade founded?

Answer 1

1787

Question 2

Name 2 notable members of TSFTAST?

Answer 2

Sharp and Clarkson

Question 3

Which dissenting religion made up 9/12 of the founding members of TSFTAST?

Answer 3

Quakers

Question 4

Who spearheaded the sugar boycott?

Answer 4

women - aimed at the tea drinking habits of sociable women

Question 5

Where was affected by the sugar boycott?

Answer 5

West Indies (slavery) trade decreased

East Indies (non slaves) trade increased

Question 6

by 1791 how many women refused to buy slave produced sugar?

Answer 6

300,000 - 400,000

Question 7

What was the slogan of Josiah Wedgwood’s Medallion?

Answer 7

Am I not a man and a brother?

Question 8

How was JW medallion worn?

Answer 8

hatpins, brooches, necklaces, snuffboxes

Question 9

What was Eric Williams thesis in ‘Capitalism and Slavery’ (1944)?

Answer 9

‘the mercantile system of the 18th century was built upon the monopoly of slavery, this system was destroyed by industrial capitalism’