Year 8 Abolition

Which of the following benefitted from the slave trade?

• Banks

• Plantation owners

• Slaves

• Slave Traders

Which of the following benefitted from the slave trade?

• Banks

• Plantation owners

• Slaves

• Slave Traders

What were the conditions like in the middle passage?

• Cramped

• Spacious

• Clean

• Dirty/ Diseases could spread

What group was Thomas Clarkson a part of?

• Sons of Africa

• Non conformist Christians

• Abolition Committee

• He was an MP- Member of Parliament

What was the Zong scandal?

• An essay written by slaves

• A revolt

• Where 133 slaves were thrown overboard and killed

• An essay written by Thomas Clarkson

What was the name of the slave that managed to free himself, write an autobiography and start the Sons of Africa?

• Oluadah Equiano

• Toussaint L'Overture

• Alexander Hamilton

• Nanny of the Maroons

Why were the voices of the Slaves so powerful?

• They could dispel myths that slaves liked being slaves

• They could tell people about their own experiences and add credibility to the movement.

• It educated people on the realities of slavery

What does Abolition mean?

• Banning/ Getting rid of something

• Supporting an event/ action

• To refuse to buy something as a protest

• A revolt to take over control

What does Emancipation mean?

• To be a slave

• To be free

• Saving someones life

• To revolt

______________ is a reason for the ending of slavery

• Money

• Slave Traders