History Quiz - The Fight to Abolish Slavery 02 (Answers)
See how much you can remember from your KS3 History classes in this quiz on the fight to abolish slavery. In the 1760s, Britain transported and sold more slaves than all the other countries put together. Granville Sharp was one of the sons of the Archdeacon of Northumberland and had a strong social conscience. He was involved in many different good causes, but is best known as being one of the founder members of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1787 which campaigned for the next 20 years.
Despite the Slave Trade Act of 1807, slavery continued and slaves were traded illegally. The Anti-Slavery Society was founded in 1823. The politician most associated with this society is William Wilberforce. As a result of campaigning and perhaps because of a massive slave revolt in Jamaica, the Slavery Abolition Act was passed by parliament in 1833. Sadly, William Wilberforce died just over a month before this. The Act gave compensation to slave owners, including some notable figures such as the Bishop of Exeter.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - The abolition of the slave trade in Britain
It was formed in London and one of its aims was to educate the general public about the injustice of the slave trade
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Slave labour was used on the sugar plantations of the West Indies
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His owner recaptured him but after a court case, he was freed. Sadly he died aged 25
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The island later became known as Haiti
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The island belonged to France at that time
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This revolt helped to end British slavery
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The abolitionists used more powerful arguments linked to human rights
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TRADE was abolished throughout the British Empire but not slavery itself
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The Act was passed as law in August of 1833
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The total amount that Parliament set aside for compensation to be paid to slave owners was twenty million pounds. At the time of writing this quiz, the equivalent sum today would have been two billion pounds!
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