Humanitarian Campaigns and Religion Flashcards
What year did the Quakers form?
1650
What year did the Quakers oppose the slave trade from, and how many years was this before the abolition of slavery in 1807?
Opposed the slave trade from 1667 - 150 years before it was abolished.
In what year did the Quakers produce 10,000 copies of their pamphlet?
1784
What was the Quakers pamphlet called which they produced 10,000 copies of in 1784?
The case of our fellow creatures, the oppressed Africans, respectfully recommended to the serious legislature of Great Britain by the people called Quakers.
How many people signed the Quaker’s 1783 petition?
273
What did the Quakers set up after their 1783 petition?
They set up a 23 person committee
When was the 2nd Quaker committee set up and what did they do?
July 1783 - sent a dozen articles to newspapers.
Name 2 prominent Evangelical Christians.
Thomas Clarkson, Granville Sharp
What year did Granville Sharp help Jonathon Strong?
1767
How much did the British government give Sharp per African on his project to send slaves living in London back to Africa (Sierra Leone Project)?
£12 per African head
How much did Sharp contribute to his project of relocating slaves living in London back to Africa (Sierra Leone project)?
£1700
How many people died in the first 4 months of Sharps Sierra Leone project?
122
What year was the Zong case?
1781
What was the captain called of the ship Zong?
Captain Luke Collingwood
How many slaves were on the slave ship Zong?
440
