Empire and the End of the Slave Trade

I. Introduction

II. The Atlantic System

A. Profits from Plantation Agriculture

B. The West Indian Interest

C. Breakdown of the System of Mutual Interest

III. Anti-Slavery Movement

A. Free Blacks in England

B. Somerset Case (1772)

C. Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1787)

IV. Impact of the French Revolution

A. Haitian Revolution (1791)

B. Restricting the Slave Trade

1. British Domestic Efforts

2. British International Efforts

V. Abolition of Slavery (1833)

A. Political Pressure - Anti-Slavery Society (1823)

B. Economic Pressure - Rise of Free Trade

C. Increasing Slave Revolts

D. Generous Terms for Owners

VI. Conclusion

Key Terms

sugar plantations

West Indian Interest

Somerset Case

Olaudah Equiano

Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade

Haitian Revolution

Toussaint L’Ouverture

Anti-Slavery Society

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