Life in the UK test practice question · History
Which statement about the campaign against the slave trade is correct?
Answer options
- The slave trade was banned on British ships before 1700.
- Quakers were among the first groups in Britain to oppose the slave trade.Correct
Answer: Quakers were among the first groups in Britain to oppose the slave trade.
Quakers spoke out against slave trading by the 1760s and played a leading part in the abolition society of 1787. The ban on the trade came in 1807.
Checked 8 November 2026