Slavery Key Figures: Thomas Clarkson

Question 1

In what year did Clarkson publish his essay: Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African?

Answer 1

June 1786

Question 2

What was the name of Clarkson’s essay?

Answer 2

Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African

Question 3

How long was Clarkson’s essay?

Answer 3

256 pages long

Question 4

What essay did he publish at Cambridge?

Answer 4

“Is ti legal to enslave the unconsenting?”

Question 5

What did he carry around the country/

Answer 5

A box full of tools used to enslave people

Question 6

How many branches were set up for the society for effecting the abolition of slavery?

Answer 6

1200

Question 7

Between which years did Clarkson travel the country?

Answer 7

1787-1794

Question 8

Between 1787 and 1794 how many miles did Clarkson travel around the UK?

Answer 8

more than 35 000

Question 9

What slave ship did Clarkson have a diagram made of?

Answer 9

Slave Ship Brookes

Question 10

By 1790 how many ships had Clarkson Visited?

Answer 10

317

Question 11

By 1790 how many Sailors had Clarkson talked to?

Answer 11

more than 3 000