This KS3 History quiz looks at the abolition of slavery in the USA. Early in the seventeenth century, a Dutch ship arrived in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia. On board was a 'cargo' of about twenty Africans. These people had been kidnapped and were sold to wealthy Europeans as slaves. They were the very first of an estimated seven million Africans who were forced into slavery in the New World during the next one hundred and fifty years. They were a cheaper and more plentiful source of labour than servants brought over from Europe.
Slavery was not as widespread in the northern states of America and by the start of the nineteenth century they had abolished slavery. In Britain, the textile industry was becoming more mechanised and required an increased supply of cotton. The southern states of America had perfect conditions for growing cotton, so many plantations changed from tobacco production to cotton production. The cotton plantations required a lot of labour so slavery remained firmly in place. In the mid-nineteenth century conflict grew between the northern and southern states over the issue of slavery, leading to a long and bitter civil war.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - The transatlantic slave trade overview
Turner believed that God chose him to lead the revolt
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They kept their slaves under control by severe punishment for even minor things
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He was an important person in the abolition movement
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The plantations were located in the south
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When South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas split from the United States, it led to the civil war. When the war started, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined them
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He was executed and is remembered in the song 'John Brown's Body'
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The northern states were known as the Union
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Georgia and Texas were confederate states from the start, Virginia was one of four states who joined when the civil war broke out
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It made a big impression on those who read it
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It sold about 300,000 copies in the first year after publication which was remarkable as she was not an established author
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