Slavery Flashcards
What year did the Saint Domingue uprising happen?
1791, 1000 plantations were burned and 12,000 people were killed.
Percentages for the Saint Domingue productions
Produced 30% of the world’s sugar and 50% of the world’s coffee.
Was the Saint Domingue uprising successful?
Yes, it was the only successful uprising.
Was the crown jewel of French slave trade.
When did GB soldiers land to halt and conquer the uprising?
September 1793.
Came up against Touissant L’Ouverture.
When was the St Lucia uprising and when did the British take back the island?
1795
In 1803, it took 12,000 British troops to retake the island against just 2000 slaves.
Abolitionists - Thomas Clarkson helped found..?
The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
Who set up the Committee for the Abolition of the African Slave Trade
Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp in 1787
How many of Clarkson’s essays were published?
10,000
Religion of Clarkson
Catholic Quaker
How far did Clarkson travel with his box of slave tools?
Over 30,000 miles
What role did Wilberforce do?
Led the parliamentary campaign
When did Wilberforce propose his anti-slavery bills?
Annual proposals from 1791-1799 (was rejected each time)
When did Olaudah Equiano join the abolition movement?
1786, in London
When did Equiano publish his autobiography
1789
Equiano was a prominent member of..?
The Sons of Africa
When was a petition by the Quakers signed and by how many?
June 1783 a petition against the slave trade was signed by 273 people
How many people were in the first Quaker committee?
23 people, in June 1783
When was the second Quaker committee set up?
July 1783
How many copies of the Quaker’s pamphlet were distributed amongst MPs?
10,000 in 1784
Were the 1783 Quaker petitions successful?
No, they were ignored by all in Parliament
Prominent Angelical Christians?
Wilberforce and Sharp
How many people signed an anti-slavery petition in 1792?
519 petitions in a year
How big was Manchester and how many signed an anti slavery petition in 1787?
50,000
10,700
How much of Britains income was dependent on the slave trade?
24%
How much of the European Trade did Liverpool claim?
3/7ths
(was the biggest slave-trading port in the world)
How many slave voyages took place in the 18th century?
35,000
Codrington Plantation profits?
£2000 a year with 276 slaves
What was the Dolben Act, 1788?
Restricted the number of slaves per ship
When was the Dolben Act made permanent?
Renewed every year until 1799
