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Slavery Quiz
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TRUEFALSE About 50 per cent of slaves sent to the New World were children
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TRUEFALSE About 50 per cent of slaves sent to the New World were children
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TRUEFALSE The transatlantic slave trade lasted for 200 years.
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TRUEFALSE The transatlantic slave trade lasted for 200 years.
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TRUEFALSE A male slave had only 9 inches (23 cm) space on a slave ship
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TRUEFALSE A male slave had only 9 inches (23 cm) space on a slave ship
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TRUEFALSE The 1807 parliamentary act abolished slavery
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TRUEFALSE The 1807 parliamentary act abolished slavery
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TRUEFALSE There are an estimated 246 million child labourers in the world
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TRUEFALSE There are an estimated 246 million child labourers in the world
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TRUEFALSE Slavery was finally abolished in the United States in 1865
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TRUEFALSE Slavery was finally abolished in the United States in 1865
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TRUEFALSE By the 1730s Britain was the largest European slave-trading nation
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TRUEFALSE By the 1730s Britain was the largest European slave-trading nation
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TRUEFALSE £20 million was paid to plantation owners and to freed slaves when slavery was abolished in the Caribbean
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TRUEFALSE £20 million was paid to plantation owners and to freed slaves when slavery was abolished in the Caribbean
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Approximately 80% of the people trafficked in the world today are women and girls, and up to 50% are minors. TRUEFALSE
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TRUEFALSE Approximately 80% of the people trafficked in the world today are women and girls, and up to 50% are minors.
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TRUEFALSE There is only one form of slavery today
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TRUEFALSE There is only one form of slavery today
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The slave ships’ voyage from Britain to Africa could take anything from four weeks to over two months TRUEFALSE
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TRUEFALSE The slave ships’ voyage from Britain to Africa could take anything from four weeks to over two months
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TRUEFALSE In some countries, children as young as 11 are forced to join the army and fight
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TRUEFALSE In some countries, children as young as 11 are forced to join the army and fight
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