The Fight for Freedom: Ending the Slave Trade Quiz

Question 1

Which Member of Parliament led the parliamentary campaign against the slave trade for decades?

A William Wilberforce

B William Pitt the Younger

C Charles James Fox

D Edmund Burke

Question 2

Which former enslaved person wrote a famous autobiography that helped sway British public opinion?

A Ignatius Sancho

B John Jea

C Ottobah Cugoano

D Olaudah Equiano

Question 3

Which influential Quaker and abolitionist founded the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade?

A Thomas Clarkson

B William Allen

C John Woolman

D Joseph Sturge

Question 4

Which British Prime Minister supported Wilberforce's efforts to abolish the slave trade in the 1790s?

A Lord Grenville

B Lord Liverpool

C George Canning

D William Pitt the Younger

Question 5

Which activist helped form the first committee for the abolition of the slave trade alongside Clarkson?

A Mary Prince

B Elizabeth Heyrick

C Granville Sharp

D Hannah More

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