Entrace Exams: Individuals For The Aboltion Of The Slave Trade

Question 1

William wilberforce

Answer 1

Mp for hull in 1870
An evangelist Christian
Introduced his first bill in 1791
Believed the slave trade isn’t good but slavery can continue
Poorly executed bills
underlying conservatism was a valuable resource

Question 2

James Ramsey

Answer 2

Navy ships doctor 1759 - treated over 100 victims
Essay :’ treatment and conversion of african slaves in the British sugar colonies ‘ which was the first anti0slavery works by a mainstream Anglican writer

Question 3

Olaudah Equiano

Answer 3

Former slave who wrote about his experiences
(At 11 was sold to a captain in the navy and at 21 he bought his freedom)
1789 wrote the ‘interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano’ and travelled across Britain selling this book

Question 4

Granville sharp

Answer 4

Formed the society for effecting the abolition of the slave trade in 1787.
1771 he defended a slave which lead to the decision that a master had no right to force an enslaved person back to a foreign country

Question 5

Thomas Clarksonn

Answer 5

Spent 2 years on horseback interviewing sailors and obtaining equipment used on slave ships
Between 1787-94 he travelled more than 35000miles
He used this evidence to show the skills of african people

Question 6

Ottabah cugano

Answer 6

Sold into slavery at 13 but purchased by an English merchant in 1772
He became leader of London’s black community
In 1787 he published ‘narrative of the enslavement of a native of Africa which was the first book to demand publicly the total abolition of the slave trade

Question 7

Role of women : Mary Wollstonecraft

Answer 7

Made frequent analogies between the positions of women and slaves
1787-1792, date of publication of ‘a vindication of the rights of women’

Question 8

Role of women: Hannah more

Answer 8

Member of ‘bluestockings’ who were strongly opposed to the slave trade
1788, wrote ‘slavery, a poem’ to coincide with wilberforces parliamentary campaign -described the mistreatment of female slaves separated from their children

Question 9

Role of women: Mary Birkett Card

Answer 9

Dublin Quaker 1792 who published a poem on the african slave which urges women to boycott slave produced goods.