Enslaved People

History

Who lived in 'British' America?

Which part of British America gained its independence in 1783?

Where did most enslaved people who were born in Barbados come from?

Which of the below was NOT a job that enslaved people on Barbados did?

Abolition didn't change things for enslaved people straight away

Abolition meant enslaved people could now be baptised

Enslaved people were freed as soon as abolition happened

Slavery was officially abolished in the British Empire in 1834, but John Stephen's baptism record from 1835 says 'Adult- owned by Robert Cooper Ashby'. What does this suggest?

Although it failed, it shook people's belief in slavery

It led to enslaved people running Barbados

What was the outcome of Bussa's Rebellion?

a noble person who lived in England and liked to eat sugar

a person who stole sugar from plantation owners

a wealthy and powerful person who owned sugar plantations

an enslaved person who worked on a sugar plantation

At first who did the sugar barons get to work on their plantations?

Gave it to family and to All Souls College to build a library

Used it to set enslaved people on his plantations free

What did Christopher Codrington do with much of his money when he died?

A mixed race woman whose name we don't know

Who did Robert Cooper Ashby have most of his children with?

What did sugar barons receive from the British government as part of the abolition of slavery?

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Enslaved People

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