Slave Trade Flashcards
1
Q
- In the 1780s, how many slave ships left Britain?
A
Over 1000
2
Q
- Which slave ship did Clarkson show an image of?
A
Slave ship Brookes
3
Q
- How many ships and sailors did Clarkson see in 1790?
A
319 and 3000
4
Q
- What process had Europe gone through which moved away from religious teaching?
A
The Enlightenment
5
Q
- Between 1784-1786 and 1805-1807, what percentage of British textiles were sold for the slave trade?
A
87%
6
Q
- Which slave ship was involved in the murder of 133 slaves (thrown overboard)?
A
Slave ship Zong
7
Q
- In the St. Domingue uprising, how many plantations were destroyed and people killed?
A
1000 and 12,000
8
Q
- How many slaves did British slave ships carry?
A
300,000
9
Q
- By 1792, how many anti-slavery petitions had been signed?
A
519
10
Q
- Name another humanitarian campaigner who helped Clarkson
A
Granville Sharp
11
Q
- Which group led the Jamaican uprising and in which year?
A
Maroons, 1795
12
Q
- Which potter created the ?am I not a man? plaque?
A
Josiah Wedgewood
13
Q
- What organisation did Thomas Clarkson set up with the Quakers and in which year?
A
Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1787
14
Q
- Which act restricted the number of slaves on a ship and when was it passed?
A
Dolben Act, 1788
15
Q
- How many branches supporting Clarkson?s Society for Effecting Abolition were set up?
A
1200
16
Q
- Which MP helped Clarkson and where was his constituency?
A
William Wilberforce, Hull
17
Q
- What was the average return on a slave trip voyage?
A
20-50%
18
Q
- How far did Clarkson travel between 1787-1794?
A
35,000 miles
19
Q
- In 1784, how many copies of the Quaker pamphlet on slavery were handed out?
A
10,000
20
Q
- When did Wilberforce propose his first bill to abolish the slave trade?
A
1791
21
Q
- When did Napoleon reintroduce slavery in French colonies?
A
1802
22
Q
- On St. Lucia, how many troops took back the island from an army of how many slaves?
A
12,000 and 2000
23
Q
- In Bristol, what percentage of people?s income was slave-based?
A
40%
24
Q
- Of 50,000 people in Manchester, how many signed a petition in 1787?
A
10,700
25
25. How much money was made by the slave trade per year by the end of the 1700s?
?3 million
26
26. In total, how many British soldiers were sent to the Caribbean to fight?
89,000
27
27. What fraction of European trade went to Liverpool in the 1790s?
three sevenths
28
28. When were the Grenada and St. Lucia slave revolts?
1795
29
29. In the 18th century, how many slave voyages took place?
35,000
30
30. Between 1793-1801, how many British soldiers died in the Caribbean?
45,000
