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1
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how long was Olaudah Equiano’s book tour?

A

5 years

2
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What age was Equiano when he bought his freedom?

A

21

3
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What year was ‘The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano’ published?

A

1789

4
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What year was ‘The Society for the Abolition of The Slave Trade’ formed?

who was the first chairman?

A

1787

Granville Sharp

5
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What was Granville Sharp’s profession?

A

Lawyer

6
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Name 2 high profile cases Granville sharp was involved in

A

James Somerset 1771 - he was freed

Zong - 1781 - threw slaves overboard to gain insurance

7
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What religion did Wilberforce convert to, and in what year?

A

Evangelical Christianity - 1780

8
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What year did he present the first bill, and by how many votes was it defeated?

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1791 - 163 votes to 88 (defeated by 75 votes)

9
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What society was Thomas Clarkson a member of?

A

one of the original 12 in ‘The Society for the Abolition of The Slave Trade’

10
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What was the purpose of Clarkson’s ‘Collection of African Productions’?

A

to prove that Britain could maintain profitable trade with Africa without the slave trade

11
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When was his Cambridge essay published?

A

1785

12
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What year was Ignatious Sanchos brought to England?

A

1731

13
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TRUE/FALSE - Sanchos taught himself to read and write?

A

true

14
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What did Sanchos publish anonymously?

A

music, poetry and plays

15
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What did Sanchos open in 1773?

A

a grocery shop in Westminster

16
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What was Ramsey’s profession/ became his profession?

A

Doctor on board slave ships —> Minister - welcomed both black and white to his church in the Caribbean

17
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What year did Ramsey publish ‘Treatment and conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies’?

A

1781

18
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Why was Ramsey’s work so influential?

A

first anti-slavery work by a mainstream Anglican

19
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What did Roscoe publish in 1787?

A

‘The Wrongs of Africa’ - a poetry collection denouncing TST

20
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Who became MP for Liverpool in 1806?

A

William Roscoe

21
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What did Cuguano publish in 1787?

A

‘Narrative of the Enslavement of a native of Africa’

22
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What was Cuguano the first to demand?

A

total abolition of the slave trade