HCHS Britain: A LEVEL UNIT 1 - abolition of slavery Flashcards
1
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- In the 1780s, how many slave ships left Britain?
A
Over 1000
2
Q
- Which slave ship did Clarkson show an image of?
A
Slave ship Brookes
3
Q
- How many ships and sailors did Clarkson see in 1790?
A
319 and 3000
4
Q
- What process had Europe gone through which moved away from religious teaching?
A
The Enlightenment
5
Q
- Between 1784-1786 and 1805-1807, what percentage of British textiles were sold for the slave trade?
A
87%
6
Q
- Which slave ship was involved in the murder of 133 slaves (thrown overboard)?
A
Slave ship Zong
7
Q
- In the St. Domingue uprising, how many plantations were destroyed and people killed?
A
1000 and 12,000
8
Q
- How many slaves did British slave ships carry?
A
300,000
9
Q
- By 1792, how many anti-slavery petitions had been signed?
A
519
10
Q
- Name another humanitarian campaigner who helped Clarkson
A
Granville Sharp
11
Q
- Which group led the Jamaican uprising and in which year?
A
Maroons, 1795
12
Q
- Which potter created the ?am I not a man? plaque?
A
Josiah Wedgewood
13
Q
- What organisation did Thomas Clarkson set up with the Quakers and in which year?
A
Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1787
14
Q
- Which act restricted the number of slaves on a ship and when was it passed?
A
Dolben Act, 1788
15
Q
- How many branches supporting Clarkson?s Society for Effecting Abolition were set up?
A
1200
16
Q
- Which MP helped Clarkson and where was his constituency?
A
William Wilberforce, Hull
17
Q
- What was the average return on a slave trip voyage?
A
20-50%
18
Q
- How far did Clarkson travel between 1787-1794?
A
35,000 miles
19
Q
- In 1784, how many copies of the Quaker pamphlet on slavery were handed out?
A
10,000
20
Q
- When did Wilberforce propose his first bill to abolish the slave trade?
A
1791
21
Q
- When did Napoleon reintroduce slavery in French colonies?
A
1802
22
Q
- On St. Lucia, how many troops took back the island from an army of how many slaves?
A
12,000 and 2000
23
Q
- In Bristol, what percentage of people?s income was slave-based?
A
40%
24
Q
- Of 50,000 people in Manchester, how many signed a petition in 1787?
A
10,700
25
Q
- How much money was made by the slave trade per year by the end of the 1700s?
A
?3 million
26
Q
- In total, how many British soldiers were sent to the Caribbean to fight?
A
89,000
27
Q
- What fraction of European trade went to Liverpool in the 1790s?
A
three sevenths
28
Q
- When were the Grenada and St. Lucia slave revolts?
A
1795
29
Q
- In the 18th century, how many slave voyages took place?
A
35,000
30
Q
- Between 1793-1801, how many British soldiers died in the Caribbean?
A
45,000
