Question 3.5-013

Which two points about slavery are correct?

Correct Answers

William Wilberforce was a leading abolitionist.
Quakers set up the first anti-slavery groups.

Explanation

William Wilberforce was a leading campaigner for the abolition of the slave trade, and the Quakers helped found the first anti-slavery groups. Slavery was abolished in the British Empire in the 19th century, and the Royal Navy worked to suppress the slave trade.

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