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Abolition of the slave trade in Britiain

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1807

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What was the name of the Elizabethan seafarer who hijacked slave ships to sell them for profit?

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John Hawkins - shows how economically viable the slave trade still was for Britain, even two decades later

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How many slave ships left British ports in the 1780s? How many slaves did they carry?

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1000, ships, 300,000 slaves

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When did the Quakers organise their committee against the slave trade? How many members did it have?

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1783, 23 people were in the committee

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How many people signed the Quakers’ petition?

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273

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In what year were 10,000 copies of a Quaker pamphlet handed out to MPs, the royal family and the general public?

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1784

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7
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How many slaves lived in London as servants for the wealthy?

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10,000

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8
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Name some prominent Evangelicals

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Granville Sharp, Thomas Clarkson

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9
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Who was Jonathan Strong?

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He was a slave who was beaten by his master, and later aided by Granville Sharp in 1767

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What year did Clarkson publish his essay?

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1786

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11
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Who was William WIlberforce?

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MP for Hull

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Wilberforce introduced abolition bills to the Parliament every year following which year? Votes?

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  • 1791, these continued ‘til 1799

- His 1791 bill was defeated by 163 votes to 88

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What year was the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade founded and by whom?

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1787, Clarkson

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How many branches of ‘the Society’ were set up?

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1200

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What was the main cash crop of Britain?

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Sugar

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What year did the Zong case happen and when was it taken to court?

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1781, 1783

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How many slaves were thrown overboard from slave ship Zong?

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133

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18
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Who was the captain of slave ship Zong?

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Luke Collingwood

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19
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In the 1780s, how much of the country’s annual income (%) was dependent on the slave trade?

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24%

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How many MPs were tied to the West India Lobby by the late 1700s?

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50 MPs, including one who later became the Mayor of London

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21
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Famous propaganda pieces

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Wedgewood’s ‘Am I not a man and a brother’ pin, diagram of slave ship Brookes

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In 1792, how many petitions were signed?

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519

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In 1787, how many of Manchester’s population of 50,000 people signed a petition for abolition?

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10,700

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24
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What year did the Haitian revolution start?

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1791

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What happened during the Haitian revolution? (casualties, plantations burned)

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A slave called Toussaint L’Ouverture led a rebellion against plantation owners, killing 4000 people and burning 180 plantations

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What year did Wilberforce reissue his bill?

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1804

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When Wilberforce reissued his bill, whose support did he gain?

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William Pitt, William Grenville

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Who was William Grenville?

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Replaced William Pitt in 1806

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29
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What year was the Abolition Act passed?

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1807

30
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How many slave ship voyages took place between the 16th and 19th centuries?

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More than 35,000

31
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By the 1790s, which city has developed the largest slave-trading port in the world? What fraction of European trade did they claim to?

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Liverpool, 3/7

32
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In Bristol, what % of people’s income was slave based in the 1780s?

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40%

33
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Between periods 1784-86 and 1805-07, what % of Britain’s textile output went abroad?

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87%

34
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What years were Britain at war with France and how did that affect them?

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1793-1815, British manufacturers had to rely on African markets due to the war blocking trade with European markets

35
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By the end of the 18th century, how much was the slave trade making in Britain?

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£3 million

36
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What was the average return (%) of a voyage?

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20-50%

37
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Name a prominent bank that funded the slave trade throughout the 17th and 18th centuries?

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Heywood’s in Liverpool

38
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Average return (%) of a voyage in Liverpool?

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100%

39
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What year did the slave ship Ann first take voyage?

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1753

40
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How much did it cost to fit out slave ship Ann?

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£3153

41
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How much did slave ship Ann make during its voyage?

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£8000

42
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Overall, what was the profit of slave ship Ann, taking the cost to fit it out into consideration?

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£4847

43
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On average, how many slave ships saw revolts by slaves?

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1 in 10

44
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By 1776, merchants in Glasgow were in how much debt from American partners?

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£1.3 million

45
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In Liverpool, merchants lost how much between the years 1772-78?

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£700,000

46
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How many of the 30 leading merchant houses in Liverpool went bankrupt by 1788?

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12

47
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What domestic industries did the slave trade support, in which their goods were traded in return for slaves?

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Lancashire’s textiles industry, Birmingham’s ironmongery industry

48
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What % of Britain’s annual income was from the trade of goods made by domestic industries?

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5%

49
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What year was the Dolben Act passed and what did it do?

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1788, restricted the number of slaves allowed on a ship and allowed a doctor on board to maintain the health of the slaves

50
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What year was the African Association established?

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1788

51
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What year was Equiano’s autobiography published?

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1789

52
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What was William Wilberforce inspired by to get involved with the abolition movement?

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Clarkson’s essay

53
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How many copies of Clarkson’s essay were printed?

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10,000

54
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When did Wilberforce first take an interest in the abolition movement?

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In 1784 when he helped his friend James Ramsey, a ship’s surgeon, to publish a pamphlet on the experiences of slaves in the colonies

55
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How many miles did Clarkson travel between 1787 and 1794 to give speeches on the slave trade to the general public?

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35,000 miles

56
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In 1790, how many slave ships did Clarkson visit?

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317

57
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In 1790, how many sailors did Clarskon speak to? Example of a sailor?

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More than 3000, including Isaac Parker, who served on slave ship Melampus and gave evidence of slave poaching

58
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What year did Wilberforce make his first speech on abolition to Parliament?

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1789

59
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When did Equiano join the Sons of Africa group (extensive touring, parliamentary lobbying)? Alongside who?

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1787, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano

60
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Upon Equiano’s death in 1797, he left an estate worth how much?

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£950, which is about £80,000 now

61
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When did the American War of Independence end? What did it mean for Britain?

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1783, the loss of a significant colony vital to the British Empire

62
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In 1776, approximately what % of the population of the 13 American colonies were of African descent?

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20%

63
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Republicanism

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An ideology which maintains a society and government where the head of state is a chosen representative of the people rather than the people being subjects of the head of state

64
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When was the Dolben Act made permanent?

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With the passing of the Slave Regulation Act of 1799

65
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When did Napoleon reintroduce the slave trade into French colonies?

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1802

66
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When did the French government originally abolish the slave trade? Why did they do this?

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1794; to secure their principles on which their revolution was fought: liberty, fraternity and equality

67
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When was the Seditious Meetings Act passed?

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1795

68
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What were the ‘treason trials’?

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1793-94, Thomas Paine and Thomas Hardy (secretary of the London Corresponding Society) were put on trial for their radical opposition to government policy

69
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Colonial Assembly

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  • A formal gathering of the official representatives of the British Crown in each colonial possession
  • After 1792, they resolved to abandon the use of metal collars for shackling slaves together and also the use of mutilation as a punishment in Jamaica
70
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Jamaica slave revolts

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  • 1793

- The island had 3000 troops

71
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British Virgin Islands revolts

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  • 1790

- Subdued easily using both local militia and regular troops

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