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Practice questionLife in the UK Test
Which religious group set up the first formal anti-slavery groups in Britain?
Correct answer
The Quakers
Why
The Quakers set up the first formal anti-slavery groups and petitioned Parliament to ban the practice. The slave trade was made illegal in 1807, and slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833.
Answer choices
- AThe Methodists
- BThe Chartists
- CThe Quakers
- DThe Jacobites