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Slavery Flashcards

1
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How much compensation was given to slave traders when slavery was abolished.

A

£17 billion

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2
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How many slave owners claimed compensation?

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46,000

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3
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What happened to the price of slaves at the end of the 18th century.

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It went up because fewer were being shipped.

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4
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Which british cities relied heavily on the slave trade?

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Liverpool and Bristol

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5
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Why did the slave industry decline?

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Because the economy moved away from sugar and onto cotton which wasn’t grown in the Caribbean.

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6
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How much of peoples calorie intake came from sugar?

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14%

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7
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How much sugar did people consume per year in 1704?

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4 pounds

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8
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How much sugar did people consume per year in 1800

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12 pounds

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9
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How can it be argued that the slave trade drove the industrial revolution?

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It provided cotton to cotton mills and profits from sugar also allowed development

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10
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Who was Hannah Moore?

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A poet and a writer. Member of ‘the blue stockings’.

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11
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Who did Hannah Moore meet in the Clapham sect.

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John Newton

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12
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What year did Hannah Moore write ‘slavery a poem’?

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1788

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13
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Who was Mary Birkett Card?

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She was a Quaker who wrote a poem on the African slave trade.

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14
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When did Mary Birkett Card write a poem on the African Slave Trade?

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1792

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15
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What was Mary Birkett Card’s poem about?

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The boycott of sugar- a slave produced good

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16
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When was the sugar boycott?

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1791

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17
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How many women stopped buying sugar?

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300-400 thousand

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18
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How many slaves were taken during the slave trade?

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10-12 million

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19
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What was the average life expectancy for a slave?

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23

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20
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What percentage of slaves died per voyage?

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20%

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21
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How many copies of Thomas Clarksons essays were printed and sold?

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10,000

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22
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How many miles did Clarkson travel?

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35,000

23
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How many slave ships did Clarkson visit?

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317

24
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How many sailors did Clarkson interview?

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3000

25
Q

What was the name of Equiano’s book?

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‘the interesting narrative of Olaudah Equiano’

26
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When did Equiano join the son’s of Africa group?

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1787

27
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What were the son’s of Africa group march for in 1788?

A

To support the Dolben Act

28
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When was the society for effecting the abolition of slavery formed?

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1787

29
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In what year did Sharp defend a slave being forced back into slavery?

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1771

30
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Who wrote ‘amazing grace”?

A

John Newton

31
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Which quaker greatly influenced Clarkson?

A

Anthony Benzet

32
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What did Benzet set up in 1750?

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An evening class to educate black children.

33
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What did Adam Smith argue?

A

He disagreed with the slave traders he argued it was no longer economically viable.

34
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What did Eric Williams argue?

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That the slave trade industrialised Britain

35
Q

What did Eric Williams say about English abolitionists?

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That they were hypocrites and only wanted abolition for their own gain.

36
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What did Eric Williams argue was the cause of the abolition?

A

Slave revolts

37
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What does Seymour Drescher argue?

A

That Britain committed ‘econocide’ when they ended the slave trade

38
Q

When did the quakers start to disagree with the slave trade and why?

A

1657, they believed that everybody was equal before god.

39
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When did the quakers make a petition against the slave trade?

A

1783

40
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What are the quakers credited with?

A

Spearheading a moral crusade against slavery

41
Q

How many slaves was london home to?

A

10,000

42
Q

Which three key abolitionist individuals were Evangelical christians?

A

Granville Sharp, William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson

43
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When did Clarkson publicise his essay?

A

1786

44
Q

How much of the UK’s annual income was dependent on the slave trade?

A

24%

45
Q

How many MP’s had ties with the west india lobby?

A

50

46
Q

What became the phrase of the abolition movement?

A

‘Am I not a man and a brother?’

47
Q

In 1787 what percentage of people living in Manchester had signed an abolition petition?

A

25%

48
Q

Between which years was a bill to abolish the slave trade brought into parliament every year?

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1791-1799

49
Q

In the 1780’s how much of Bristol’s income was from the slave trade?

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40%

50
Q

What did Adam Smith argue about free workers?

A

‘Those who are happy will do their best work’

51
Q

What occured in 1/10 slave voyages?

A

A slave revolt

52
Q

When was the Dolben Act?

A

1788?

53
Q

Who created publicity of the slave trade?

A

Josiah Wedgewood

54
Q

How did the American War of Independence create the argument for abolition?

A

It highlighted the importance of freedom.

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