Quiz for Document 19.2: Address on Abolishing the Slave Trade (February 5, 1790)

Question 19.3

1. The members of this club called themselves the Society of the Friends of Blacks, yet they did not argue in this address for the abolition of slavery. Why then did they consider themselves friends of blacks?

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Question 19.4

2. The men who drafted this address included a rather ominous reference to a possible slave uprising. They cite various reasons for that possibility. Which of the following is not among those reasons?

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Question 19.5

3. Why were the members of the Society of the Friends of Blacks worried about the reaction of their fellow deputies to their demand for the abolition of the slave trade?

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