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1
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What comes under the individuals argument?

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Thomas Clarkson
William Wilberforce
Olaudah Equiano

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What comes under pressure groups?

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Quakers

Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade

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3
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How many pamphlets did Clarkson send out for the sugar boycott 1792?

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70,000

25,000 women said they would boycott already before pamphlet distributed

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4
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How many copies of Clarkson’s essay were printed?

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10,000

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5
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How far did Clarkson travel 1787-94?

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35,000 miles

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How many branches of the ‘Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade’ did Clarkson find?

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1,200

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7
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How many ships and sailors did Clarkson visit in 1790?

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317 ships

3,000 soldiers

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From when and until did Wilberforce introduce his bills to parliament?

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1791 to 1799

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9
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What convinced Wilberforce to rally for abolition?

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Clarkson’s essay

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10
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When did Equiano publish his autobiography?

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1789

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11
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When did Equiano joins the ‘Sons of Africa’?

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1787

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When did the ‘Sons of Africa’ march on parliament & in support for what act?

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1788, in support for the Dolben Act

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When were the Quakers anti-slavery committee founded?

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1783

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14
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What did the Quakers believe?

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All men were equal before God

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When did the Quakers present a petition?

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1783, 273 signatures

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When was Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade created?

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1787

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When did the Society present an abolition bill?

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1796

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18
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When was the Zong case?

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1783

19
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What was the Zong case?

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Captain of slave ship, Zong, threw 133 africans overboard in order to claim insurance money

20
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What did Josiah Wedgewood create?

A

Am I not a man and a brother plaque

21
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What drawing of what ship showed poor conditions?

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Brookes, diagram showed 482 slaves, but actually carried upwards of 740.

22
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What lobby opposed abolition?

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West India Lobby, income depended on slavery, had ties to 50 MPs

23
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What are the economic arguments?

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Decline Thesis
Financial Considerations
Economic Considerations

24
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What does the Decline Thesis claim?

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slavery was only abolished as it wasn’t profitable anymore

25
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What return percentage did Liverpool port have?

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100%

26
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What did slave ship ‘Ann’ make in profits in 1753 voyage?

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£4,847 after paying back £3,153 spending

27
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How many ships had slave revolts?

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1 in 10

28
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Why did some American buyers owe merchants?

A

Their income was uncertain as they depended on harvests.

1776- Glasgow merchants owed £1.3 million

29
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Why did some American buyers owe merchants debt?

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Their income was uncertain as they depended on harvests.

1776- Glasgow merchants owed £1.3 million

30
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What was the Dolben Act?

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1788, improved ship conditions

31
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How many slave voyages took place between 16th-19th century?

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35,000

32
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How much profit did the slave voyages produce?

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End of 1780s - £3 million per year

cost little more than £3,000 to fit a ship out

33
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Why was Liveropool Port important?

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Biggest slave trading port in the world

Claimed 3/7 of all European trade

34
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What percentage of Britain’s textile produce went abroad

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87% in 1784-1786 and 1805-1807

35
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What percentage of Britain’s textile produce went abroad?

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87% in 1784-1786 and 1805-1807

Most went to African markets

36
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What could a normal voyage return?

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20-50%

37
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What percentage of the country’s income was from slave trade?

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24%

38
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When did Britain loose America?

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1783

39
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When did Napoleon reintroduce slave trade?

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1802

40
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What slave revolts were there?

A

St. Domingue (Haiti)
St Lucia
Jamaica

41
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What happened at St Domingue slave revolt 1791?

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over 1,000 plantations burnt

12,000 people killed

42
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What happened in St Lucia 1803?

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12,000 troops to take back island against 2,000 slaves

43
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What happened in Jamaica 1795?

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500 Maroons rebelled- only had 150 muskets against 5,000 troops
Lasted over 6 months
GB spent over £500,000 to stop uprising

44
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What happened in Jamaica 1792?

A

Colonial Assembly abandoned use of shackles, collars and mutation as punishment

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