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How important were the slaves’ own actions in the Abolition of the Slave…
How important were the slaves’ own actions in the Abolition of the Slave Trade
It seems such a simple story.
The Anti-Slavery Society was formed in 1787
The slave trade was abolished in 1807
All slaves in British colonies were freed in 1834.
Economic Reasons
London merchants were no longer able to make good profits from investing in Caribbean plantations.
Lancashire cotton mills or in Britain’s ‘new’ empire in India.
By the 1790s, French sugar was costing 20% less than British sugar
Adam Smith, a famous Scottish economist, argued that slave labour was not the cheapest way of farming the plantations.
There are many possible factors or reasons contributing to the end of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Anti-slavery media
Economic reasons
Legal Challenges
The Religious reasons
Slave Rebellions & The Revolutionary Case
Actions of key individuals
Anti- slavery media:
One of the most famous pictures were created by Josiah Wedgwood in October 1787.
This image was replicated
and used on several statement pieces of jewellery
They used stories from former slaves to build their argument on the grounds that it was wrong to enslave fellow human beings.
The Legal Challenges
The Zong Case, 1781
The treatment of this incident as an insurance case
rather than human beings, caused widespread horror and helped to get the anti-slavery campaign going.
The Somerset Case, 1771-1772
had been brought to England and now refused to be taken back to the colonies against his will
James Somerset
The law decided that he could not be forced to return.
Religious Reasons:
Repugnant to our religion
“a system full of wickedness, hateful to God” (Derby)
“a system revolting to the feelings of mankind and inconsistent with the counsels of Heaven” (Hereford Ladies)
Slave Rebellions:
This had been one of the reasons for abolishing the slave trade in 1807
their slaves better if there was no regular supply of ‘new’ slaves from Africa.
20,000 people joined his revolt, causing fourteen white deaths and estimated damages of £1,000,000
Sharpe and 500 more slaves were put to death and countless others flogged.
Slavery would lead to another revolt, as in Saint Domingue”
The French Revolution began in 1789, and in 1791, the French Revolutionary Government declared all people equally
heir leader was Toussaint L’Ouverture. Eventually, in 1794
The French island of Saint Domingue was the richest colony in the world
They were easily defeated by L’Ouverture. In 1798, he became the first ruler of an independent black state in the Caribbean.
Actions of Key Individuals
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