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Methods used by the abolitionists - Coggle Diagram
Methods used by the abolitionists
Speeches
William Wilberforce made speeches in Parliament
Slavery
Other causes
Only MPs can make speeches in Parliament
Wilberforce elected in 1780, aged 21
Met famous Abolitionists
1783 - Met Scottish abolitionist James Ramsay
1787 - Met Thomas Clarkson
Campaigned for 18 years - little success
Motions & Bills
Wilberforce's Bill
Tried to pass in 1789 but failed
Kept trying through 1789 & 1806
1792 - Amended Bill passed
Used in Parliament
Wilberforce and Quakers trying to pass Bills
Leaflets
Abolitionists published anti slavery leaflets
Talked about atrocities and events
The Zong (1781)
Petitions
First petition sent in 1783
Signed by 273 Quakers
1787 - 1788 = Over 100 petitions = 60,000 signatures
Presented to Parliament
519 petitions by 1792 = 390,00 signatures
Lobbying MP's
1770s - Quakers lobbied MPs regularly
Attention of MPs
1788 - Olaudah Equiano went to House of Commons to support an anti slavery bill
Spoke to Prime Minster and MPs
William Dolben
Wrote a Bill about conditions on slave ships
Speaking Tours
Going around the country educating people
Thomas Clarkson went on them
Showed images of slaves in chain
Talked about brutality on ships
Showed people the torture devices
Thumbscrews
Shackles
Images
Thousands of pamphlets published
Only half of the British popular literate
Slave emblem: Am I Not a Man and a Brother
Josiah Wedgwood
Quaker, Potter, Abolitionist
Used emblem on the pottery in his factory
Emblem designed by of his workers