The End of the Atlantic Slave Trade (1829, USA) — Questions and answers

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What year was Lieutenant Thomas Fremantle fighting slavers on the HMS Black Joke?

Choices

  1. A) 1829 ✓
  2. B) 1767
  3. C) 1787
  4. D) 1807

Answer: A) 1829

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What did John Newton use to do before he became a priest and a mentor to Wilberforce?

Choices

  1. A) He was a lawyer.
  2. B) He was a sailor on the HMS Black Joke.
  3. C) He was a slave ship captain. ✓
  4. D) He was a Member of Parliament.

Answer: C) He was a slave ship captain.

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What did Olaudah Equiano do that became a powerful weapon against slavery?

Choices

  1. A) He fought in a naval battle.
  2. B) He purchased his freedom.
  3. C) He published his autobiography. ✓
  4. D) He became a Member of Parliament.

Answer: C) He published his autobiography.

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How did Thomas Clarkson gather evidence about the slave trade?

Choices

  1. A) He read books about it.
  2. B) He interviewed people like sailors, doctors, and former slaves. ✓
  3. C) He sailed on a slave ship.
  4. D) He went to Parliament to listen to speeches.

Answer: B) He interviewed people like sailors, doctors, and former slaves.

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Who opposed Wilberforce's efforts to end the slave trade in Parliament?

Choices

  1. A) Other abolitionists
  2. B) Powerful merchants who made money from the slave trade ✓
  3. C) Former slave ship captains
  4. D) The Royal Navy

Answer: B) Powerful merchants who made money from the slave trade

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What did Josiah Wedgwood design that became a powerful symbol for the abolitionist movement?

Choices

  1. A) A new type of ship
  2. B) A legal document
  3. C) An anti-slavery medallion ✓
  4. D) A new flag

Answer: C) An anti-slavery medallion

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In what year was the slave trade officially outlawed in the British Empire?

Choices

  1. A) 1787
  2. B) 1791
  3. C) 1807 ✓
  4. D) 1829

Answer: C) 1807

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What was the name of the colony established in Sierra Leone for freed slaves?

Choices

  1. A) London
  2. B) Freetown ✓
  3. C) Black Joke
  4. D) Grenville

Answer: B) Freetown

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What did Richard Wellesley do after the British slave trade was abolished?

Choices

  1. A) He became a slave ship captain.
  2. B) He wrote an autobiography.
  3. C) He negotiated treaties with other European powers to stop the trade. ✓
  4. D) He designed anti-slavery medallions.

Answer: C) He negotiated treaties with other European powers to stop the trade.

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