Why was the Slave Trade abolished in 1807?

Question 1

1. What was established in 1787?
2. When did France end their slave trade?
3. What broke out in 1791?
   - What was established following this?
4. However, Napoleon made slavery legal again between ____ and ____.

Answer 1

1. Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (Quaker-dominated).
2. 1794, following French revolution.
3. Slave revolt on Saint-Domingue.
   - Haiti.
4. 1794 and 1802.

Question 2

1. Who argued against slavery as a system of free wage labour?
2. Who argued against it as a morally evil institution?
3. Who were the 2 main religious groups campaigning against slavery?
   - Give 2 main campaigners who were evangelical christians.

Answer 2

1. Adam Smith, leading economist.
2. John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
3. Quakers and Evangelic Christians.
   - William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson.

Question 3

1. Who toured slave trading ports in 1787 and 88 collecting info to support abolition of slavery?
2. When was his evidence presented to parliament?
   - What was the name of this presentation?
3. Wilberforce brought resolution against slavery to Parliament between when and when?
4. What did the Quakers present to Parliament in 1783?

Answer 3

1. Thomas Clarkson.
2. 1789. • Essay on the Slave Trade.
3. 1789-1804.
4. A petition calling for abolition of slave trade.