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who is the famous railway engineer
Joseph Bazalgette
What is pleading the belly
Before getting punished a woman would claim she is pregnant and if pregnant would be kept alive as the government didn’t want any more orphans
Europe to west africa
Manufactured goods.
wide variety of items e.g. clothes, guns ,alcohol
West africa to the carribeans
A small crew transport the captured people through the middle passage
Carribeans to europe
Raw materials that cannot grow in europe
How long did the Baptist war last
11 days
when did the Baptist war happen
1831-32
how many slaves went on strike in the Baptist war
around 60,000
The 1807 act
It stopped people from trading slaves but those already enslaved and their children were still enslaved and didn’t have rights
1833 slavery abolition act
It abolished slavery all across the British empire this freed over 800,000 people mostly in the Caribbean but also some in south Africa and Canada
what are royalist soldies
cavaliers
Parliamentarians
roundheads
what act was introduced in 1866
sanitary act-whole country had to have their own sewage system
What act was introduced in 1875 about health
Public health act- council can increase taxes to keep towns cleaner
what act was introduced in 1875
Artisan and labourers dwelling improvement acts-
councils can improve their house more easily
