anti-slavery movement

3 main reasons for anti-slavery movement

working conditions in factories - ‘white slaves’ - sympathy

economic - slavery not as profitable anymore

religion - slavery = anti-christian

6 main groups with a role in the anti-slavery movement

william wilberforce - MP

thomas clarkson

granville sharp

olaudah equiano

women

slaves (inc. toussaint l’ouverture)

william wilberforce methods (6)

spoke in parliament

published bills to abolish it

held meetings convincing high society members against it

1797 petition to parliament (more signatures than chartists)

1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act (illegal to buy and sell - not to own)

founded Anti-Slavery Society

thomas clarkson methods (1)

made drawings + pamphlets ab slave conditions

granville sharp methods (1)

supported cases of black slaves in uk wanting to be free (eg. Jonothan Strong - won his case)

olaudah equiano methods (2)

gained freedom

wrote book ab his experience

women methods (2)

poems (eg. Hannah More)

1833: 73 anti-slavery organisations

slaves (inc. toussaint l’ouverture) methods (3)

1655 maroon slaves escaped plantations

st dominique slaves (led by T L’O) …killed plantation owners

…set fire to crops

short term significance of anti-slavery movement (2)

1807 act = illegal to buy and sell

1833 act = ownership illegal

short term insignificance of anti-slavery movement (3)

staged abolition

challenges for freed slaves

smuggling

staged abolition

initially only for slaves <6 y/o

william wilberforce supported - criticised

said adults werent educated - must be trained to live free

challenges for freed slaves

compete for work + wages

living standards decline

smuggling

worse conditions - no regulations

long term significance (3)

increased pressure on other nations to abolish

black ppl within empire no longer persecuted to this degree

1863 abraham lincoln abolishes slavery

long term insignificance

1889 brazil abolishes slavery + emperor overthrown (unpopular decision)