How successful were efforts to abolish slavery in the nineteenth century?

How successful were efforts to abolish slavery in the nineteenth century?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore how we can judge 'success' in ending slavery. This will be done by considering who benefited from the 1807 and 1833 Acts.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What did the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act do?
Abolish slavery completely
Abolished the American and European trading of enslaved people
Correct answer: Abolished the British trading of enslaved people
Abolished the European trading of enslaved people
Q2.
Which of these was not a tactic used by the British to try to end the slave trade?
Correct answer: Allowing slave ships to continue trading in the Americas
Banned British merchants from trading enslaved people
Making treaties with other countries allowing the Royal Navy to search their ships
Using the Royal Navy off the West African Coast
Q3.
Which slave revolt in Jamaica helped the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act to get passed?
Correct answer: Baptist War
First Maroon War
Saint Domingue Revolt
Tacky Revolt
Q4.
Which of the following was NOT a reason for slavery continuing after 1833?
People demanded products that could be made by enslaved labour
Slavery was used by other countries
Correct answer: The Royal Navy kept capturing all the slave ships leaving the West African coast
Using enslaved people still made money
Q5.
After the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, what did the former enslaved people become?
Correct answer: Apprentices
Equal with their former owners
Recognised as skilled workers
Still enslaved because they were sold to foreign slave colonies

5 Questions

Q1.
What did the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act do?
Abolished slavery completely
Abolished the American and European trading of enslaved people
Correct answer: Abolished the British trading of enslaved people
Abolished the European trading of enslaved people
Q2.
What year was the Slavery Abolition Act in Britain?
1830
1831
1832
Correct answer: 1833
Q3.
After the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, what did the former enslaved people become?
Correct answer: Apprentices
Equal with their former owners
Recognised as skilled workers
Still enslaved because they were sold to foreign slave colonies
Q4.
Which war helped to bring a final end to the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
Correct answer: American Civil War
Napoleonic War
Seven Years War
War of 1812
Q5.
Where did the enslavement of people continue in Africa until the early twentieth century?
Correct answer: East Africa
North African
South Africa
West Africa

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