Aboltion Of Slave Trade

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Slave Trade

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This was the practice of acquiring transporting and selling Africans as slaves. It was practised by Britain from the 16th to the early 19th century

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Slavery

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this was a system whereby human beings, usually Africans, were treated like property and denied their freedom. They were usually forced to work for their owners and often generated large profits for them

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Atlantic Slave Trade

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This was the name given to the lucrative business in salade trading with the Americas. Here the main cash crops were cotton and sugar, the growing and harvesting of which were very labour intensive. Slaves were seen as the most efficient way of farming these particular crops. Traders would first sail from British ports to Africa where they would trade British manufactured goods for Africans who would then be transported to the Americas

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Abolition

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used to describe the end of a particular practice or event

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Humanitarianism

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a concern for the welfare of other people which is often manifested through actions to alleviate their suffering

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The Enlightenment (1650-1800)

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A period of time when Europe underwent a cultural and philosophical awakening which began to approach the world with a more rational mind instead of just accepting existing beliefs

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Absolutism

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system of government where a single monarch rules without limitations on their power

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Quakerism

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formally known as The Religious Society of Friends, a religious group that emerged darter 1650 when their founder George Fox had a revelation that God could be found inside everybody and could therefore be worshipped without the need for a clergy. Their belief in the ‘inner light’ meant that because God existed inside everybody, to harm someone was to do harm to God. As such they have been a very prominent humanitarian advocate and are leading figures in conflict mediation.

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Colony

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foreign land occupied by a more powerful nation with the deliberate intention of using it for economic gain.

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Mercantilism

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this is another term for commercialism, or a belief in profitable trade

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Metropolitan network

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organisation within the parent state of a colony

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Planter

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term used to describe a farmer who planted crops such as sugar, tobacco and cotton on their farm or ‘plantation’ and used slave labour to harvest them

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Selective Committee

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this is a parliamentary committee usually involving MPs and Lords that is established to investigate a particular subject. It can make government based upon the evidence uncovered.

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Republicanism

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ideology which maintains a society and government where the heads of state is a chosen representative of the people rather than the people being the subjects of the head of state.

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Colonial assembly

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formal gathering of the official representative of the British Crown in each colonial possession. These men were responsible for the running of that colony where they were resident. The assembly was headed by a Governor who acted as the highest authority on the island

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Privateering

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or overly owned ships being allowed to attack and capture vessels belonging to foreign countries when at war

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1775

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American War of Independence begins

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1783

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America defeats Britain and becomes independent nation- slavers are thrown overboard on the slave ship Zong- Quakers organise their committee against the slave trade

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1786

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Publication of Thomas Clarkson’s Essay On the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species

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1787

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Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade established- Wilberforce introduced to Thomas Clarkson

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1788

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Dolben Act passed- 100 petitions against the salve trade presented to Parliament- publication of Thomas Clarkson’s The Impolicy of the African Slave Trade

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1789

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Wilberforce makes his first speech to Parliament on the cause of Abolition- Outbreak of the French Revolution- publication of Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, describing th lives of those in slavery- establishment of the African Association

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1791

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Haitian revolution takes place- William Wilberforce introduces the first of his annual Abolition Bills to Parliament, he then presented bills annually for the next eight years

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1792

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519 petitions presented to parliament

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1793

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Britain goes to war against the new French Republic

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1794

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French abolish slavery and the slave trade in French colonies- ‘Treason Trials’ began

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1799

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Slave Trade Regulation Act passed

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1802

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Slavery and the slave trade reintroduced in French colonies by Napoleon Bonaparte

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1806

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Death of William Pitt the Younger- Wilberforce secures the support of William Pitt and then William Grenville, Pitt’s replacement as Prime Minister for his coalition bill

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1807

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Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed