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Abolitionists Tactics - Coggle Diagram

- - - - in 2006 the church apologised to descendants about the slave trade
  - - - 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
- - - - 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
    - - 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
- - - - 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