The Abolition Campaign
Cards (26)
- What was the name of the group of Christians who called for abolition?
- In which year did the Quakers state that no one with links to the slave trade could be a member of their group?
- What was the surname of the man who used legal challenges to undermine the slave trade?
- What was the surname of the escaped African slave that Granville Sharp took to the British courts in an attempt to undermine the slave trade?
- What was the name adopted by the group of former slaves who gave talks in Britain about their experiences to try an build a case for abolition?
- What is the surname of the Son of Africa who gave talks about his experience as a slave and his subsequent travels around the world as well as publishing an autobiography?
- What was the surname of the abolitionist who helped to gather evidence about life aboard slave ships by interviewing crew members?
- Which object did Thomas Clarkson have to transport objects related to the slave trade as well as products that were produced in Africa?
- What is the surname of the potter who produced a seal which became the emblem of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade?
- What was the name of the MP who gave powerful speeches in parliament which called for the abolition of the slave trade?
- In which year was the society for the abolition of the slave trade founded?
- How many of the 12 founding members of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade were Quakers?
- What was the name of the British PM who opposed the slave trade as a result of the work of Wilberforce?
- Which member of the royal family backed the abolitionist cause?
- Which King opposed abolition?
- What was the surname of the Evangelical churchman who preached about the horrors of the slave trade and used his experience as a captain of a slave ship to good effect?
- What was the name of the hymn written by John Newton that refers to his move away from the sinfulness of the slave trade?
- Which slave grown product did 400 000 women boycott in an attempt to undermine the slave trade
- What was the name of the slave ship which became notorious when a court case relating to a fraudulent insurance claim reached the courts in 1783?
- What did men like Cruikshank and Gillray produce to highlight the abolitionist cause?
- What did thousands of people sign to show their opposition to the slave trade?
- What was the name given to the group of MPs, many of whom had close links to the trade, who blocked Wilberforce's Bills in parliament?
- In which year did Wilberforce first introduce a Bill calling for the abolition of the slave trade?
- Which war served as a distraction from the calls for abolition and help explain why abolition took so long?
- What was the name of the French island which saw a successful slave revolt in 1791?
- Which naval battle in 1805 gave Britain mastery of the seas and enabled the Royal Navy to enforce abolition