End of Year Exam | Britain and the Slave Trade

Question 1

How many slaves were transported from 1640 - 1807?

Answer 1

3.1 Million

Question 2

What year did the first slave voyage leave the UK

Answer 2

1562

Question 3

By what century did a number of merchants establish charters for natural resources in Africa?

Answer 3

Mid 16 - 17 centuries

Question 4

Name some natural resources Africa had the the west wanted

Answer 4

gold, ivory, dyewood, and indigo.

Question 5

What nation was the first western country to be part of the slave trade

Answer 5

Portugal

Question 6

What time period did portugal first strart trading slaves

Answer 6

late 14 - early 15 century

Question 7

In what century did the British and French dominate the slave trade?

Answer 7

17th

Question 8

In the 17th century, what percentage of slaves being transported
through were British and Potuguese ships?

Answer 8

70%

Question 9

What was the act called that stated that only British ships could enter its colonies

Answer 9

The navigation act of 1660

Question 10

When was the RAC founded

Answer 10

1672

Question 11

Name three major slave trade cities in Britian

Answer 11

London, Bristol, Liverpool

Question 12

During the 18th century, how much money did liverpool make a year from the slave trade on average

Answer 12

£300,000

Question 13

In 1795 what percentage of the slave trade did liverpool control for Britain and the World

Answer 13

Britian: 60%
World: 40%

Question 14

Who was William Wilberforce and what did he do?

Answer 14

Wilberforce was an English politician who became the voice of the abolition movement in Parliament. He was interested in social reform and became involved with the abolitionists. He introduced bills into Parliament to abolish the trade and spoke out in Parliament against slavery, but despite starting the process in the 1770s did not achieve his aim until 1807. He supported the complete abolition of slavery. He died three days after the bill to abolish slavery was passed in 1833.

Question 15

Who was Oladuh Equiano?

Answer 15

Olaudah Equiano was a former enslaved African who wrote a book depicting the horrors of slavery and lobbied Parliament for its abolition. In his biography, he records he was born in what is now Nigeria, kidnapped and sold into slavery as a child. He then endured the middle passage on a slave ship bound for the New World. The book made him famous and furthered the abolitionist cause. The tens of thousands of people who read Equiano’s book, or heard him speak, started to see slavery through the eyes of a former enslaved African. It was a very important book that made a vital contribution to the abolitionists’ cause.