Religious Groups and changing political climate in the ST Flashcards
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Enlightenment
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- ‘Rights of Man’
- Ideas of the Enlightenment seeped into everyday thinking and so began to question the right of a human being to own another
- Founding ideas of abolition
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French Revolution
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- Social and political unrest in Britain
- Revolutionary France abolished slavery in 1794, but restored in 1802 under Napoleon
- Encouraged more consideration of the practice
- To oppose the ST became a symbol of patriotic duty
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American War of Independence
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- Americans formed their own distinctive identity and political practices which were influenced by individual liberty
- Longevity of the ST was the legacy that the war bestowed on British social reformers
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Quakers
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Members of a group called the ‘Religious Society of Friends’ with Christian roots that began in 1650s England
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Quakers influence on the ST
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- Questioned slavery since the beginning
- 1783 petition against the ST signed by 273 people
- Many Quakers were literate with important links to publishers and print workshops
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Quaker Anthony Benezet
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- Big influence on Thomas Clarkson
- Set up evening class for poor Black children
- Campaigned to denounce slavery
- Anti-Slavery pamphlets
- Wrote to Queen Charlotte in 1783
- Corresponded with Clarkson and Sharp
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Evangelists
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- Believed in spreading the Christian gospel by public preaching
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Evangelists beliefs on slavery
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Strength of repentance as a means of salvation, saw the practice of slavery as sinful
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Evangelist Clapham Sect
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- Compromised of wealthy, Evangelical men such as William Wilberforce
- Used their high status network
- Claphemites were involved in gathering evidence against the slave trade for Parliament and lobbying abolition
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Methodism
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Known for its non-conformism because it doesn’t conform to the rules of the established Church of England
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Methodism on the ST
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- Joined abolitionist ranks, via meeting held by religious groups
- Spread non-conformity in new urban and industrial WC communities enabled the abolition message to reach large numbers
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Unitarianism
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- Open-minded approach to religion that gives a wide range of beliefs and doubts
- First to accept women as ministers and generally concerned with advancing social justice and equality
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Unitarianism in the ST
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- Willam Smith was a leading unitarian in the anti-slavery campaign and closely associated with Wilberforce
- William Roscoe was a Liverpool unitarian who was an MP during the Act being passed and spoke in support of the anti-slavery
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Baptists
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- Everyone is equal, there is no hierarchy of bishops priests exercising authority over members
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Baptist influence on slaves
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- Reject the idea of authority, congregational and supporting, so was attractive to slaves
