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1
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How long would the average journey take for kidnapped children?

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6-7 months

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How high were the shelves for the slaves to lie on?

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Under 1m

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When was the Dolben Act passed and what was it?

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1788
Limited number of slaves on 1 ship to 600

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How many slaves were there in the UK at the end of slavery compared to the start?

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670,000 at end
2 million at start

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5
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Where were slaves often auctioned?

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Barbados

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How much profit could ship owners make per journey?

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20-50% profit

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Between 1700-1800 what did Liverpools population grow from?

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5000-78,000

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When was the Quakers first petition?
How many signatures did it get?

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June 1783
273 signatures

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In 1784, how many copies of the Quaker pamphlet was distributed amongst upper classes?

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10,000

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When was the Quakers petition completely ignored by parliament?

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1783

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Name two prominent Evangelical Christian’s?

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Granville Sharp
Thomas Clarkson

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When did Granville Sharp help an injured slave and what was his name?

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1767
Johnathan Strong

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What year did the court rule in Strong’s favour following his master attempting to re kidnap him?

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1768

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14
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What was Sharp’s Sierra Leone plan?

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To provide a colony of free slaves in Sierra Leone

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How much did the government give Sharp per African for the Sierra Leone plan?

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£12 for the cost of transport

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16
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How much did Sharp contribute towards the Sierra Leone plan?

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over £700

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17
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How many people died in the first month of the Sierra Leone plan?

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122

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18
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When was ‘the society for the abolition of the slave trade’ formed and who by?

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1787
Clarkson, Sharp and William Dillwyn

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19
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How many members of the society of abolition were quaker’s?

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9

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20
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How many copies of Clarkson’s ship diagram was printed?

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7000

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21
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Who designed the “Am I not a man and a brother?” badge?

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Josiah Wedgwood

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22
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When was the Zong case?

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1783

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23
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Why did the Zong journey take so long?

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due to calm winds

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After 3 months at sea, how many slaves on the Zong ship had died?

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60

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How much were slaves insured at?
£30 a head
26
How many slaves were thrown overboard on the Zong Case?
133
27
What was said by Lord Mansfield regarding the Zong case?
It was “just as if horses were killed”
28
What was the result of the 1796 bill for the abolition of slavery?
Failed, yet almost passed through the commons
29
How many petitions had been signed in 1792?
519
30
Between which years did Wilberforce present a bill for the abolition?
1791-99
31
How much of Britains income was depended on the slave trade?
24%
32
How many people in Manchester signed a petition?
10,700 / 50,000
33
In Bristol in the 1780s, how many peoples income was slave based?
40,000
34
Where was the Codrington Plantation and how much did it make a year?
Barbados £2000
35
How much sugar was Britain importing by mid 1700s?
100,000 hogsheads
36
How many slave voyages did William Davenport invest in and how much profit did he make?
74 8.1% profit
37
Between 1799 and 1807 how many plantations abandoned due to economic stress?
65
38
In 1806 how much was the surplus of sugar?
6000 tonnes
39
How much of European trade did Liverpool claim?
3/7
40
How much profit did Slave Ship Ann make in 1 journey?
£4847
41
By 1776 how much did Glasgow merchants owe compared to their American counterparts?
£ 1.3 million
42
How much did Liverpool merchants loose between 1772 and 1778?
£700,000
43
What statistic of ships had a revolt?
1/10
44
Out of 30 leading merchant houses in Liverpool, how many had gone bankrupt by 1778
12
45
What was Adam Smiths book called?
The Wealth of Nations
46
When did Clarkson publish his essay on slavery? How many copies?
June 1786 10,000 copies (helped to convince Wilberforce)
47
How far did Clarkson travel talking about Slavery?
Over 30,000 miles
48
In May 1789 Wilberforce gave a speech to Parliament that was how long?
3.5 h
49
In Feb 1805, how much opposition did Wilberforce’s bill receive?
passed 114 to 15
50
When did Wilberforce introduce his first bill?
18th April 1791
51
How many copies did Equianos book sell in 1791?
1900
52
How many members in the Sons of Africa?
12
53
When did Equiano begin his abolition campaign?
1773
54
Who did Equiano help write and publish his Slave Narritive and when?
1787 Cugoano
55
Who were the Clapham sect?
Humanitarian group
56
In 1776 how much of the population of the 13 colonies were of African descent?
20%
57
When was the Slave Regulation Act passed?
1799
58
When did Napoleon reintroduce the slave trade in France?
1802
59
When was the Saint Domingue Revolution?
August 1791
60
How many people killed in Saint Dominique? How many plantations burned?
12,000 1000
61
When did British troops land in Saint Dominique?
Sep 1793
62
When was the St Lucia revolt?
Feb 1795
63
How many troops were there vs Slaves at St Lucia?
12,000 troops vs 2000 slaves
64
When was the Jamaican revolt?
1795
65
How long did fighting last in Jamaica? How much did it cost?
Half the year £500,000
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How many soldiers died in battle/ disease due to the revolts?
45,000 / 89,000

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