Growth of Humanitarianism for the end of the Slave trade
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- Created on: 15-04-22 16:29
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- Growth of Humanitarianism
- The Enlightenment
- Enlightenment concerns about human welfare began to filter into society
- 18th Century
- Growth in rational thought
- Questions raised over legitimacy of absolutism
- All men by virtue of being human are fundamentally the same
- Questions raised over legitimacy of absolutism
- 1739 - First Founding Hospital took care of abandoned children
- Pushed middle class people to have sympathy for those who couldn't care for themselves
- The Quakers
- Had a long history of humanitarianism
- 1770s their interest shifted to the slave tradde
- Everyone was equal before God
- Motivated by the belief that God lived within everyone
- Opposed slavery since 1657
- Suffering was being ignored by the public
- Addressed the lack of concern for human rights
- Well organised
- Allowed them to challenge the practice of slavery in Britain
- Created the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
- Had a long history of humanitarianism
- Evangelical Christians
- Believed in the strength of repentance as means of salvation
- Promoted importance of turning away from sin
- Saw the slave trade as a sinful practice that should be stopped
- Formed the bedrock for their opposition to the slave trade
- Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson
- Opposed the moral outrage and inhumanity of the slave trade
- Sharpe was a veteran campaigner against the slave trade
- Clarkson was converted after researching the trade for an essay
- Practised in public speaking
- Created the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
- Believed in the strength of repentance as means of salvation
- Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
- 1787
- Formed by Evangelicals and Quakers
- Unrivalled as a lobby group
- Made up of reformers with strong religious backgrounds
- Applied political pressure on the government
- Arguments in favour of humanitarianism
- 1796 - a slave trade bill was almost passed despite sugar boom
- People were embarrassed to be associated with such an inhumane trade
- 24% of Britain's income came from the trade
- Can't have ended for economic reasons
- Humanitarian campaigners
- Equiano
- Sharpe
- Clarkson
- The Enlightenment
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