Society For Effecting The Abolition Of The Slave Trade Flashcards

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When was it created

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1787

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What was it made up of

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Social reformers with strong religious backgrounds who shared a collective desire to see the end of the slave trade and apply political pressure upon British government to achieve this

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Zong case

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Legal case involving the owners of the slave ship zong whose captain Luke Collingwood on a voyage in 1781 had ordered to 133 slaves be thrown overboard during the last stages of their journey when food supplies were running low

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How much of the economy was dependant upon the slave trade and its associated industries

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24%

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Opposition

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West India lobby - a group of sugar planters in the West Indies whose business depended upon the slave trade and had some MPs tied to it

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Propaganda

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Emphasised the extreme nature of the trade (Josiah wedge wood) which lead to the forceful response from the public : in 1792 people had signed more then 519 petitions that year alone

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