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Granville Sharp was one of the founder members of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. The first Anti-Slavery Society was formed in the UK in 1787. A successor organization was formed in 1839, committed to worldwide abolition. This continues today as Anti-Slavery International.

Try our second History quiz on the fight to abolish slavery.

What was the slogan of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade?

[ ]	Am I not a man and a brother
[ ]	Live and let live
[ ]	Men are born equal
[ ]	Souls without chains

Who organized a sugar boycott in Leicester to protest against slavery?

[ ]	Amelia Jackson
[ ]	Elizabeth Heyrick
[ ]	Patience Sturgess
[ ]	Sarah Cahill

Which runaway slave was legally set free, thanks to Granville Sharp?

[ ]	Jackson Short
[ ]	Jeremy Tall
[ ]	Jonathan Strong
[ ]	Joshua Stout

1791 saw a huge slave revolt on which island?

[ ]	Guadeloupe
[ ]	Martinique
[ ]	St Domingue
[ ]	St Kitts

Who lead the rebels on St Domingue?

[ ]	Antoine L'Oratorio
[ ]	Etienne Symphonique
[ ]	Louvain L'Orchestre
[ ]	Toussaint L'Ouverture

An 1831 slave uprising on Jamaica was lead by .......

[ ]	Arthur Knight
[ ]	Charles Payne
[ ]	Matthew Chalmers
[ ]	Samuel Sharpe

Anti-abolitionists thought that freed slaves would .......

[ ]	attack their former owners
[ ]	kill anti-abolitionists
[ ]	refuse to work and become lazy
[ ]	set fire to plantations

The British slave trade was abolished in which year?

[ ]	1803
[ ]	1807
[ ]	1811
[ ]	1814

Slavery itself was abolished in all British colonies in which decade?

[ ]	1810s
[ ]	1820s
[ ]	1830s
[ ]	1840s

10.

Following abolition, what did the slave owners receive?

[ ]	Compensation
[ ]	Death threats
[ ]	Knighthoods
[ ]	Nothing

World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The Fight to Abolish Slavery in the UK 2 (Answers)

What was the slogan of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade?

[x]	Am I not a man and a brother
[ ]	Live and let live
[ ]	Men are born equal
[ ]	Souls without chains

Who organized a sugar boycott in Leicester to protest against slavery?

[ ]	Amelia Jackson
[x]	Elizabeth Heyrick
[ ]	Patience Sturgess
[ ]	Sarah Cahill

Which runaway slave was legally set free, thanks to Granville Sharp?

[ ]	Jackson Short
[ ]	Jeremy Tall
[x]	Jonathan Strong
[ ]	Joshua Stout

His owner recaptured him at first

1791 saw a huge slave revolt on which island?

[ ]	Guadeloupe
[ ]	Martinique
[x]	St Domingue
[ ]	St Kitts

The island later became known as Haiti

Who lead the rebels on St Domingue?

[ ]	Antoine L'Oratorio
[ ]	Etienne Symphonique
[ ]	Louvain L'Orchestre
[x]	Toussaint L'Ouverture

The island belonged to France at that time

An 1831 slave uprising on Jamaica was lead by .......

[ ]	Arthur Knight
[ ]	Charles Payne
[ ]	Matthew Chalmers
[x]	Samuel Sharpe

This revolt helped to end British slavery

Anti-abolitionists thought that freed slaves would .......

[ ]	attack their former owners
[ ]	kill anti-abolitionists
[x]	refuse to work and become lazy
[ ]	set fire to plantations

The British slave trade was abolished in which year?

[ ]	1803
[x]	1807
[ ]	1811
[ ]	1814

TRADE was abolished throughout the British Empire but not slavery itself

Slavery itself was abolished in all British colonies in which decade?

[ ]	1810s
[ ]	1820s
[x]	1830s
[ ]	1840s

10.

Following abolition, what did the slave owners receive?

[x]	Compensation
[ ]	Death threats
[ ]	Knighthoods
[ ]	Nothing

They were given money for their lost slaves