Important Slavery Dates
Slavery ended in Britain in this year
What is 1772?
The man who took slavery cases to court
Who is Granville Sharp?
514 Africans settled in this village
What is Carmichael?
The enslaver was supposed to provide this for the slaves.
What is food, clothing and shelter?
An argument for slavery due to biblical reasons.
What is it was divinely ordained in the Bible?
Anti-slavery Society established in this year.
What is 1823?
The private investigator that gathered evidence for the abolition movement.
Who is Thomas Clarkson?
134 Africans were settled in this village.
What is Adelaide?
How many hours were slaves expected to work unpaid?
What is 40-42.5 hours a week?
An argument against slavery based on social arguments.
What is the cruel separation of families?
The date of complete emancipation
What is August 1st 1838?
The British politician who presented motion in the British Parliament.
Who is William Wilberforce?
This African village was started to depopulate Grants Town village.
What is Bain Town?
The year was apprenticeship ended.
What is 1838?
An economic argument for slavery.
What is -it was necessary for the plantation economy?
The date of Apprenticeship period in The Bahamas.
What is August 1st, 1834
The Royal governor who started a liberated African settlement in the south of New Providence.
Who is Sir James Carmichael Smythe?
This African village was named for a freed slave
What is Fox Hill?
The name of the lobbying group that wanted to keep slavery.
What is the West India Interest?
John Newton an ex-slave trader gave this observation
What is whippings and torture?
The slave trade abolished in the British Empire
What is 1807?
A settlement for freed slaves and free coloreds south of Bay Street was named after this governor.
Who is Sir Lewis Grant?
The slave settlement was settled since the arrival of the Loyalist.
What is Sandilands?
The name of the religious group that campaigned against slavery.
Who is the Quakers?
Some persons argued that slaves would be converted from their polytheistic religion to this religion.
What is Christianity?