The Abolition of Slavery
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- The Abolition of Slavery
- Opposition to Abolition in Britain
- Abolitionists first began the fight to end slavery in the 18th century but they faced a lot of opposition.
- Many people opposed abolition because they were benefitting from slavery.
- Liverpool dock workers were dependent on slavery for their jobs.
- Factory owners depended on the raw materials, such as cotton, and being able to ship their goods to the Carribean.
- The Most prominent anti-campaigners were Thomas Clarkson, Granville Sharp, William Wilberforce and Olaudah Equiano.
- Thomas Clarkson
- Won a prize for an essay he wrote about the horrors of slavery in 1786
- Devoted over 60 years of his life campaigning to end slavery
- Founded the Committee for the Abolition of African Slavery with Granville Sharp
- Persuaded MP William Wilberforce to bring up the abolition of slavery in Parliament.
- Granville Sharp
- Helped achieve the 1772 ruling that ensured slaves could not be forced back to colonies once they were in Britain.
- He was motivated to join the abolition movement after befriending Jonathan Strong, a slave who had been badly treated by his owner and who was at risk of being sold back to slavery.
- William WIlberforce
- Raised the issue of the abolition of slavery in Parliament 18 times.
- Faced much early opposition in Parliament.
- Olaudah Equiano
- An ex-slave who brought his own freedom
- Told the horrors of slavery in his autobiography that was published in 1789
- Acts of Abolition
- The Slave Trade Abolition Act of 1807 banned the buying and selling of slaves.
- The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 abolished slavery completely in the British Empire.
- Slavery and the American Civil War
- The Northern and Southern states had been arguing about slavery for many years.
- The Southern economy relied on slaves due to the cotton industry.
- Abraham Lincoln had spoken out against slavery regularly. Tensions with the south heightened and the American Civil War broke out in 1861.
- The Northern states formed the Union army and the southern states formed the Confederate army.
- North vs South
- North
- Many black people wanted to fight for the Union army.
- Black soldiers were kept separate from white soldiers and paid less.
- The south did not like the fact that black soldiers were fighitng against them and murdered any that they captured.
- South
- Many black people fled the south to help the Union army.
- Some defended plantations out of loyalty or fear of their masters.
- The Union Army won the war and the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865.
- North
- Opposition to Abolition in Britain
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