Abolitionist movements in Britain | History | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Complete the following sentence: Saint-Domingue had been France's most prosperous colony in the ______ during the 18th century.
- 'Caribbean' ✓
In what year did Haiti declare its independence?
- '1804' ✓
After Toussaint L'Ouverture was captured and transported back to France where he faced imprisonment and death, who took over the resistance in Saint-Domingue against France?
- Charles Leclerc
- Jean-Jacques Dessalines ✓
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- General Maitland
What did Toussaint L’Ouverture do when he learned of Napoleon’s plan to reinstate slavery in 1802?
- He declared a new slavery law for Saint-Domingue.
- He became an enemy of Napoleon and declared independence for Haiti.
- He declared a new constitution for Saint-Domingue and prepared for independence. ✓
- He asked Britain for military assistance.
Put the below events in chronological order, starting with the earliest:
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  Napoleon seized power in France in 1799.
- 2
  
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  Napoleon reinstated slavery across the French Empire.
- 3
  
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  French troops, under command of Charles Leclerc, were sent to Saint-Domingue.
- 4
  
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  Leclerc won some initial victories and captured part of the colony.
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  L'Ouverture was betrayed, captured, and imprisoned in Fort de Joux in France.
What nationality were the portion of Leclerc's troops who switched sides to fight for the rebels against France?
- British
- German
- Polish ✓
- French
- Spanish

What term refers to being unable to bear an experience any longer?
- 'intolerable' ✓
What was the proof for the British public that life for enslaved people was horrific?
- revolts spreading around European colonies in the Caribbean ✓
- the direct experiences that members of the British public had of enslavement
- the Zong massacre ✓
- slave-owners' testimony
- Olaudah Equiano's autobiography ✓
Match the key figures of abolition to the correct description.
- William Wilberforce
  
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  British Member of Parliament and abolitionist ✓
- Toussaint L’Ouverture
  
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  leader of the Haitian Revolution ✓
- Olaudah Equiano
  
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  formerly enslaved man who published his autobiography ✓
What term is used to refer to the fundamental right in English law that prevents people from unlawful imprisonment?
- carpe diem
- habeas corpus ✓
- veni vidi vici
- pro bono
In what year did the Zong Massacre occur?
- 1681
- 1781 ✓
- 1881
- 1981
James ______ was the enslaved man whose court case helped to establish in 1772 that enslavement in England and Wales was unlawful.
- 'Somerset' ✓

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In 1772 it was established that slavery went against English law and many people felt uneasy about Britain's role in it.
People in Britain began to criticise the conditions on slave ships across the 'Middle Passage' to the Americas.
The case of the Zong Massacre created public outrage in Britain at the conditions in which enslaved people were living.
Groups and individuals such as Olaudah Equiano and William Wilberforce worked for abolition in Britain and its colonies.
The Haitian Revolution created fear amongst British plantation owners about similar uprisings across the Caribbean.

Abolition of slavery in Britain and its colonies was a response to a single event.

Abolition of slavery in Britain and its colonies was a response to a number of events and an ever-growing public demand for change.

Habeas corpus - English law declaring detention or imprisonment as illegal if you have not committed a crime
Massacre - when many people are killed purposely in a violent manner
Abolition - the outlawing of enslavement by a particular country
Intolerable - being unable to bear an experience any longer