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abolishment of the slave trade essay, your mum - Coggle Diagram
abolishment of the slave trade essay
slave own actions
many slaves fought back against their slave masters because they were not being treated correctly
Olaudah Equiano wrote a book about his life as a slave and showed people what actually happened
economic reasons
other countries offered cheaper goods such as sugar and tobacco
slaves tried to slow down work by causing fires, breaking tools and running away
this made plantations less profitable
slaves were becoming more expensive so less people wanted to buy them
legal challenges
the law was changing so people couldn't do as much horrible things to the slaves
some slaves went to parliament to get their freedom and to show how bad it was being a slave so the laws were turning against the slave trade
Actions of key individuals
William Wilberforce believed that he had been called by god to abolish the slave trade
William Wilberforce became the leader of abolishing the slave trade in parliament.
Granville sharp used courts to give slaves their freedom
religios reasons
anti slavery campaign
Individuals such as Olaudah Equiano wrote books and put posters up in public to get the people's vote to abolish the slave trade
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