Correct. The answer is d. The Quaker religion strongly emphasizes the importance of human equality, which is why many Quakers in both countries felt a moral opposition to slavery. For this reason, Quakers were an important source of anti-slavery sentiment in the early nineteenth century.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The Quaker religion strongly emphasizes the importance of human equality, which is why many Quakers in both countries felt a moral opposition to slavery. For this reason, Quakers were an important source of anti-slavery sentiment in the early nineteenth century.

Correct. The answer is b. Women were crucial participants in the boycott against slave-produced sugar organized by the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the 1780s. Since women were traditionally the cooks in British households, their refusal to buy sugar produced with slave labor was essential to the boycott’s efficacy.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Women were crucial participants in the boycott against slave-produced sugar organized by the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the 1780s. Since women were traditionally the cooks in British households, their refusal to buy sugar produced with slave labor was essential to the boycott’s efficacy.

Correct. The answer is a. Financial compensation for slaveholders was only possible in Britain because the total number of slaveholders at the time of abolition was relatively small. This is very different than the situation the United States faced in the 1850s and 1860s, when the large number of slaveholders (and the value of their slaves) meant that financial compensation by the federal government was simply impossible.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Financial compensation for slaveholders was only possible in Britain because the total number of slaveholders at the time of abolition was relatively small. This is very different than the situation the United States faced in the 1850s and 1860s, when the large number of slaveholders (and the value of their slaves) meant that financial compensation by the federal government was simply impossible.

Correct. The answer is c. The central values of the French Revolution, which began in 1789, were liberté (liberty) and égalité (equality). The institution of slavery seemed antithetical to these values, and so in 1794, France’s National Assembly abolished slavery in all French colonies, immediately freeing all slaves and making them French citizens.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The central values of the French Revolution, which began in 1789, were liberté (liberty) and égalité (equality). The institution of slavery seemed antithetical to these values, and so in 1794, France’s National Assembly abolished slavery in all French colonies, immediately freeing all slaves and making them French citizens.

Correct. The answer is b. In the wake of Parliament’s passage of the Abolition of Slavery Act in 1833, British and American abolitionists significantly increased their communication and collaboration, as American activists tried to draw on the British success as inspiration for ending slavery in the United States. For example, American abolitionists wanted to make their countrymen more aware of how successful British abolition had been, in hopes that the movement would gain popularity at home.

Incorrect. The answer is b. In the wake of Parliament’s passage of the Abolition of Slavery Act in 1833, British and American abolitionists significantly increased their communication and collaboration, as American activists tried to draw on the British success as inspiration for ending slavery in the United States. For example, American abolitionists wanted to make their countrymen more aware of how successful British abolition had been, in hopes that the movement would gain popularity at home.