Booklet 1 - Slavery Flashcards
How many signatures did the Quakers receive in their anti slave trade petition in 1783?
273
How many slaves were on The Zong?
440
Why was The Zong Case 1873 considered controversial?
133 slaves were jettisoned in order to claim insurance costs
They blamed a lack of water
What % of Britain’s income came form the slave trade?
24%
How many people in Manchester had signed an abolition petition by 1787?
10,700/50,000
What fraction of European trade was claimed by Liverpool harbour?
3/7
What % of people’s income in Bristol during the 1780’s was slave based?
40%
How much profit did the Slave trade bring by the end of the 1780’s?
£3 million people per year
How many miles did Clarkson travel to give lectures on the slave trade?
35,000
How many branches of the society for effecting the abolition of the slave trade did Clarkson set up?
1200
How many sailors did clarkson interview?
3000
How many bills did Wilberforce try to introduce to end slavery?
One every year from 1791 until its abolition in 1807
How many plantations were destroyed and how many were killed during the Saint Domingue Uprising 1791?
1000 plantations destroyed
12000 killed
How many Maroon leaders were captured in Jamaica 1795 and how many British cavalry were killed in the subsequent ambush?
6 leaders
36 cavalry died
What was the name of a captured maroon leader?
Leonard Parkinson
