Who helped abolish slavery? Flashcards
The White Campaigners
A man called Granville Sharp (a lawyer) saved a little black boy in 1765 after he ran away from his master. When the master tried to take the boy from Sharp he took the case to court and he won. The boy was declared a freeman, Sharp continued to campaign for the right of slaves.
Sluadah Equino (a black man)
When Equino was just 10 years old he was taken from his family and home and sold as a slave. When he was taken to london he stayed there and learned how to read and write proving that black people were just as smart as the white. He married a white woman an in 1789 he wrote his life story. He campaigned a lot for the abolition of slavery.
Economics
From the 1770’s the West Indies were becoming less important. Many sugar plantations were shut down. It became clearer that it was cheaper to employ ex-slaves rather than to house and feed new slaves. This meant there was less profit for the slave traders so they decided to stop using slaves and it made them look good too.
