Abolitionists Tactics
Christian Arguments
Parliament
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Abolitionists figured that it would be possible to turn people against slave trade by teaching them the truth
Sons of Africa
In 1780s a small group of Africans who escaped slavery formed a group called sons of Africa
it included Olaudah Equiano and Ottabah Cugoano.
They spoke at meetings and wrote about their experiences
Equiano toured the country to promote his autobiographer.
tens of thousands of people read his book or heard him speak
in 1780 Cugoano Published his book Called THOUGHTS AND SENTIMENTS ON THE EVIL OF SLAVERY.
William Wilberforce Argued other with other abolitionists why slavery should be abolished
In the 1700 only Rich men could vote in parliament who usually owned plantations
To stop the slave trade a bill would be required
Petition
Petitions about slave trade were sent to parliament before the abolitionists were a thing
the first petition was from the Quakers
273 Quakers signed the petition
in 1787-1788 over 100 petitions with 60,000 signatures were presented to parliament in just 3 months
After the first abolition bill was rejected in 1791 the Abolitionists flooded the parliament with petitions
in just 1792 they had presented 519 petitions with over 390,000 signatures.
The huge number showed that public opinion was turning against Atlantic slave trade
Plantation owners and slave traders were members of the church because they saw nothing wrong with slavery
they argued that slavery was mentioned many times in the bible
the church owned plantations in the west indies
in 2006 the church apologised to descendants about the slave trade
Quakers
Quakers also known as the society of friends were a religious group
they broke away from the main church in the early 1700s
They said that slavery was against christian teaching which said that everyone is equal
when the abolitionists started there were 9 Quakers amongst its first 12 members
they produced many book and pamphlets about the evils of slave trade