Evaluate the effectiveness of early opposition to slavery and the slave trade in the New World.

Candidates will make an appraisal of the effectiveness of opposition to slavery and the slave trade by weighing up the strengths and limitations of the opposition efforts during the given period. While focus may be on the contribution of Quakers in North America, opposition to slavery in other parts of the region is also relevant and slave rebellions may be applied as “opposition”. Examples may include the opposition to indigenous enslavement by De Las Casas in Spanish colonies and the impact of the Great Awakening as a force against African American slavery in North America. In respect to Quaker opposition, the efforts of John Woolman in Pennsylvania may be cited along with the gradual prohibition of slavery instituted by the Quaker hierarchy. Revolts that might be applied include the 1739 Stono Revolt in the Carolinas and the 1791 Haitian rebellion.