End of slavery

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Abolition of slavery

Made by: Leon, Aleksa and Joep.

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Rise of abolitionism

The abolition of slavery 

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What do you already know about this?

The rise of abolitionism

What is it and why?

The year is 1750

 slavery is normal

un-Christian

Abolitionism

People became opposed

1807 - British said illegal to trade

What is abolitionism?

Political movement

End slavery

Liberate slaved induviduals

What do YOU think happened next?

ideas set forth 

the second great awakening

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st.

6.2 The abolition of slavery

Spain	Great Britain	France	The Netherlands	Portugal	Belgium	Germany
1542	1834	1848	1863	1869	1869	1956

Abolition of slavery in Dutch colonies

What is it?

Abolition in Dutch colonies

Which countries where the Dutch colonies?

The Dutch colonies where Suriname and the Antilles and the Dutch East Indies. 

When did the slavery in the Dutch colonies abolish?

The Netherlands was one of the last Europese countries to abolish  slavery.

The abolition of 

the Dutch East Indies

In 1860 got the slavery in the Dutch East Indies abolished.

The slaves where replaced by contract labours from china, British India and elsewhere. These labours did the same work, but they got payed for it.

The abolition of Suriname and the Antilles

In 1863 the slavery was abolished in Suriname and the Antilles. Most of the slaves where forced to work another 10 years longer after the abolition. This is because the government did not want a fall of enconomy.

Keti Koti

On the first of July we still remember the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the Antilles. This is called Keti Koti. Keti Koti literally means: breaking of the chains. This is a day of celebration of freedom and remembrance. 

The consequences

In Suriname the owners of plantations had to search for new contract workers. They came from Hindustan and after the British government banned these transports, they used people from Java. Those workers had the same circumstances as slaves but they got payed very little. Most contract workers worked 5 years but most did not get payed enough to travel back home

The Netherlands?

Trade 1814

VOC 1860

WIC 1863

In which year did people find slavery un-Christian?

1. 1740
2. 1750
3. 1745
4. 1755

In what year did the second great awakening start?

1. 1790
2. 1800
3. 1795
4. 1835

Which of these was NOT a Dutch colony?

1. Suriname
2. The Antilles
3. Belgium
4. The Dutch East Indies

Who ended slavery in America?

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When did Great Brittain abolished ther slaves?

1. 1834
2. 1833
3. 1835
4. 1935

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