Society For Effecting The Abolition Of The Slave Trade

Question 1

When was it created

Answer 1

1787

Question 2

What was it made up of

Answer 2

Social reformers with strong religious backgrounds who shared a collective desire to see the end of the slave trade and apply political pressure upon British government to achieve this

Question 3

Zong case

Answer 3

Legal case involving the owners of the slave ship zong whose captain Luke Collingwood on a voyage in 1781 had ordered to 133 slaves be thrown overboard during the last stages of their journey when food supplies were running low

Question 4

How much of the economy was dependant upon the slave trade and its associated industries

Answer 4

24%

Question 5

Opposition

Answer 5

West India lobby - a group of sugar planters in the West Indies whose business depended upon the slave trade and had some MPs tied to it

Question 6

Propaganda

Answer 6

Emphasised the extreme nature of the trade (Josiah wedge wood) which lead to the forceful response from the public : in 1792 people had signed more then 519 petitions that year alone