How Did Women End The Slave Trade? Flashcards
The sugar boycott
. Earliest example of consumers using their purchasing power to reject the trade in non ethical goods
. First national boycotts in British history and became a huge success by women
Mary Wollenscraft
. Writer and founding feminist
. Mother of Mary Shelley
. As a teacher she made a case for emancipating and educating
. She compared the experience of enslaved Africans to that of women
Hannah More poem
. 1788 -‘Slavery, a Poem’, to coincide with Wilberforce’s parliamentary campaignfor abolition
. The poem described a mistreated, femaleslave separated from her children
. Questioned Britain’s role in the Slave Trade
Mary Birkett
. Dublin Quaker
. 1792 - ‘A Poem on the African Slave Trade’
. The poem urges other women to boycott slave produced goods in protest
Who was Phyllis Wheatley
. The first published African American poet
. Born in Africa, was kidnapped and taken to the USA at 8
. She regularly spoke out against slavery at public meetings
Phyllis Wheatley poems
. Published in London in 1773
. Described the shock of the experience ofbeing enlsaved
Amelia Opie
. Poem - ‘The negro boys tale: a poem addressed to children’ 1802
. She wrote on humanitarian issues in a populist style
Ann Yearsley
. Bristol milk-woman
. Published anti-slavery poems and stories
Women in the abolition society
. 10% of the 1787-8 subscribers were women
. By 1788, the Abolition Society had 206 female subscribers
What was key to the success of the sugar boycott?
Potter wares with anti-slavery messages and pamphlets
What did Mary Wollenscraft do and when?
1792 - ‘A vindication of the rights of woman’
Where was Phyllis Wheatley well known
In the USA she became well known as a poet and she visited England in 1772
Where and when was Phyllis Wheatley’s poem published?
In 1789, one of her poems was published by a London newspaper
What did Ann Yearsley write and when?
Poem - ‘A Poem on the inhumanity of the Slave-Trade’ in 1788
Sugar boycott pamphlets
By 1791 thousands of pamphlets were produced to encourage people to boycott sugar
How many people refused to buy sugar?
Between 300,000 and 400,000 people mainly women refused to buy sugar during the abolition campaign
What happened to sugar sales during the boycott
. The sales of sugar dropped
. Some shops advertised goods that were produced by freemen and sales of sugar from India where slaves were not used to produce it increased
Who was Hannah More?
An educator, writer and social reformer
What did Hannah More write about?
Abolition and for encouraging women to join the anti-slavery movement
Who did Hannah Moore meet in 1787?
John Newton and the ‘Clapham Sect’
Who did Hannah More become friends with?
Wilberforce
What did Hannah More give the abolition movement?
A public voice with her writings
