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Slavery Flashcards

1
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Explain what the ‘Decline Thesis’ argument was about?

A

That slavery’s faltering profitability mandated abolition

Due to competition, slave revolts, overproduction - seen to be factors to profit loss

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2
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In Bristol in 1780s, what % of people’s income was slave trade based?

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40%

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3
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How many slave voyages took place during the 18th Century?

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35,000

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4
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Profits amounted to approx £1m, how much a year was it making by the end of the 1700s?

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£3m

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5
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What was the average return on a slave trip voyage?

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20-50%

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6
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In the years 1772-78 it was estimated Liverpool merchants lost how much?

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£700,000

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7
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What fraction of slave ships had a slave revolt?

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1/10

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8
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By 1776, Glasgow merchants were owed how much by their American partners?

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£1.3m

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9
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Between 1784-1786 and 1805-1807 what % of British textiles were sold for the slave trade?

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87%

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10
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How much did the slave ship Ann cost to fit out?

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£3153

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11
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Name 3 famous humanitarians?

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Granville Sharp, Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce

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12
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How far did Thomas Clarkson travel in the years 1787-94?

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35,000 miles

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13
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In 1792 how many petitions were signed?

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519 petitions

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14
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How many branches supporting Clarksons society for effecting the abolition were set up?

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1,200

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15
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Which organisation did Thomas Clarkson set up with the Quakers and in which year?

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Society for effecting the abolition of the slave trade, 1787

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16
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When did Wilberforce propose his first bill to abolish the slave trade?

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1791

17
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In 1784, how many copies of the Quaker pamphlet on slavery were handed out?

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10,000

18
Q

When did Wilberforce address a speech to Parliament which secured a select committee to investigate the slave trade?

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1789

19
Q

In 1787 how many out of the 50,000 signed a petition in Manchester?

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10,700

20
Q

When did Equiano publish, what book which offered a first account of the brutality of slavery?

A

1789 “The interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano”

21
Q

In 1790, Clarkson visited how many ships and spoke to more than how many sailors?

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317 ships and 3,000 sailors

22
Q

June 1783 the Quakers presented a petition against the slave trade, signed by how many people?

A

273 people

23
Q

Which group led the Jamaican uprising and in which year?

A

Maroons, 1795

24
Q

When did Napoleon reintroduce slavery in the French colonies?

A

1802

25
Q

In the St Domingue (1791) uprising, how many plantations were destroyed and people killed?

A

1,000 plantations

12,000 people killed

26
Q

Between 1793-1801, how many British soldiers died in the Caribbean?

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45,000

27
Q

On St Lucia, how many troops too back the island from an army of how many slaves?

A

12,000 troops

2,000 slaves

28
Q

When were the Grenada and Maroons slave revolts?

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1795

29
Q

In total, how many British soldiers were sent to the Caribbean to fight?

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89,000

30
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How much did the British spend during 1795, Maroons uprising?

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£500,000

31
Q

273 slaves were bought, what happened to ‘The Prince Of Orange’?

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  • 100 slaves jumped overboard, 33 drowned

- made small profit

32
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Which plantation made £2,000 profit a year with how many slaves?

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  • Codrington (Barbados)

- 276 slaves

33
Q

Marlborough was captured by 420 slaves meaning the finances invested in the ship were lost. When was this?

A

-1752

34
Q

When Napoleon reintroduced slave trade in 1802 what was it patriotic to do in Britain?

A

In Britain, opposing the slave trade became a patriotic duty

35
Q

The rate in which the abolitionist argument grew by was increased by what?

A

Increasing connections (London to Edinburgh by coach in 75 hours) as well as through the increasing postal service also

36
Q

What was published in 1786 by the Quakers which won William Wilberforce to the cause?

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“Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species”

37
Q

What had Olaudah Equiano marched on Parliament to support and when?

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Dolben act 1788 (placed limitations on the number of enslaved Africans that British slave ships could transport)

38
Q

How many sugar plantations were abandoned and how many sold for debt?

A
  • 65 sugar plantations abandoned

- 32 sold for debt

39
Q

Each of Wilberforce’s proposed abolition bills between 1791-99, were what?

A

Rejected

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