Why was the Slave Trade abolished in 1807? (2)

Question 1

1. How many petitions against the slave trade were presented to the House of Commons in 1788?
   - How many during campaign of 1792?
2. 1787-92, what fraction of the population signed petitions against the slave trade?
3. What did the Somerset Case of 1772 declare?

Answer 1

1. Over 100.
   - 520.
2. 1/6.
3. That English Law did not support the keeping of a slave on English soil.

Question 2

1. How many Africans were thrown overboard after an outbreak of disease on a Liverpool slave ship?
   - They tried to claim insurance for this, and ____ the case.
   - What was this known as?
2. Who were 2 previously enslaved people leading campaigns against slavery in London?

Answer 2

1. 131. • Lost.
        • Zong Legal Case.
2. Olaudah Equiano and Ottobah Cugoano.

Question 3

1. What was introduced to limit the number of slaves that could be carried on a slave ship?
2. What did the Foreign Trade Bill 1806 stop?

Answer 3

1. Dolben’s Act 1788.

2. Any British ships supplying enslaved Africans to foreign countries.