Slave Trade Flashcards

1
Q

What comes under the individuals argument?

A

Thomas Clarkson
William Wilberforce
Olaudah Equiano

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2
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What comes under pressure groups?

A

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?

A

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?

A

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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6
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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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8
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From when and until did Wilberforce introduce his bills to parliament?

A

1791 to 1799

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9
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What convinced Wilberforce to rally for abolition?

A

Clarkson’s essay

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10
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When did Equiano publish his autobiography?

A

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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12
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When did the ‘Sons of Africa’ march on parliament & in support for what act?

A

1788, in support for the Dolben Act

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13
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When were the Quakers anti-slavery committee founded?

A

1783

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14
Q

What did the Quakers believe?

A

All men were equal before God

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15
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When did the Quakers present a petition?

A

1783, 273 signatures

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16
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When was Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade created?

A

1787

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17
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When did the Society present an abolition bill?

A

1796

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18
Q

When was the Zong case?

A

1783

19
Q

What was the Zong case?

A

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

20
Q

What did Josiah Wedgewood create?

A

Am I not a man and a brother plaque

21
Q

What drawing of what ship showed poor conditions?

A

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

22
Q

What lobby opposed abolition?

A

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

23
Q

What are the economic arguments?

A

Decline Thesis
Financial Considerations
Economic Considerations

24
Q

What does the Decline Thesis claim?

A

slavery was only abolished as it wasn’t profitable anymore

25
Q

What return percentage did Liverpool port have?

A

100%

26
Q

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

A

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

27
Q

How many ships had slave revolts?

A

1 in 10

28
Q

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
Q

Why did some American buyers owe merchants debt?

A

Their income was uncertain as they depended on harvests.

1776- Glasgow merchants owed £1.3 million

30
Q

What was the Dolben Act?

A

1788, improved ship conditions

31
Q

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

A

35,000

32
Q

How much profit did the slave voyages produce?

A

End of 1780s - £3 million per year

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

33
Q

Why was Liveropool Port important?

A

Biggest slave trading port in the world

Claimed 3/7 of all European trade

34
Q

What percentage of Britain’s textile produce went abroad

A

87% in 1784-1786 and 1805-1807

35
Q

What percentage of Britain’s textile produce went abroad?

A

87% in 1784-1786 and 1805-1807

Most went to African markets

36
Q

What could a normal voyage return?

A

20-50%

37
Q

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

A

24%

38
Q

When did Britain loose America?

A

1783

39
Q

When did Napoleon reintroduce slave trade?

A

1802

40
Q

What slave revolts were there?

A

St. Domingue (Haiti)
St Lucia
Jamaica

41
Q

What happened at St Domingue slave revolt 1791?

A

over 1,000 plantations burnt

12,000 people killed

42
Q

What happened in St Lucia 1803?

A

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

43
Q

What happened in Jamaica 1795?

A

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

44
Q

What happened in Jamaica 1792?

A

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