3.10 Abolition of Slavery – 🍁The Canadian Experience

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#1. Who was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada?

Sir Guy Carleton

John Graves Simcoe

Joseph Brant

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

#2. When did the British Parliament prohibit the buying and selling of slaves?

1817

1707

1717

1807

#3. What was the weekly newspaper, Provincial Freeman, dedicated to?

Select all that apply:

Anti-slavery

Upholding British Rule

Black immigration to Canada,

Urging people to drink less alcohol

#4. When did the British Parliament abolish slavery throughout the British Empire?

1833

1830

1930

1933

#5. Who founded the City of York?

Sir Guy Carleton

Joseph Brant

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

John Graves Simcoe

#6. When was The Provincial Freeman founded?

1950

1853

1953

1850

#7. Where did the first movement to abolish transatlantic slave trade emerge?

The American Parliament

The British Parliament

The UN

The French Parliament

#8. Who was John Graves Simcoe?

An American Revolutionary who fought against the Loyalists

Commander of the British forces that won the battle of the Plains of Abraham

The first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize

A Loyalist military officer and Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada when Upper Canada became the first province in the British Empire to move towards ending slavery

#9. When did Upper Canada become the first province in British Canada to move towards abolition of slavery?

1893

1895

1793

1795

#10. Mary Ann Shadd Cary was an outspoken activist in the movement to abolish slavery in the USA.

False

True

#11. Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary? (Select all that apply)

Select all that apply:

The first woman MP in Canada

Founder of The Provincial Freeman weekly newspaper

The first woman publisher in Canada

An outspoken anti-slavery activist

#12. What was the Underground Railroad?

An underground railway network that helped loyalists smuggle gold from the US into Canada

A Christian anti-slavery network that helped thousands of slaves escape from the US and settle in Canada

The first railway network to link Western Canada to the rest of the country

An secret underground railway network that helped slaves escape from the US

#13. Who founded the weekly newspaper, The Provincial Freeman?

Chief Tecumseh

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

John Graves Simcoe

Sir Guy Carleton

#14. Who was the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada during the province’s move towards abolition of slavery?

Sir Guy Carleton

John Graves Simcoe

Joseph Brant

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

#15. What guided thousands of slaves in their escape from the US to Canada?

The North Star

Footsteps in the snow

Cold Arctic winds

Maps made by Aboriginals

#16. Which province was the first in the British Empire to move towards abolition of slavery?

Lower Canada

Pacific Canada

Upper Canada

Atlantic Canada

#17. When did the first movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade emerge?

Late 1700s

Late 1800s

Late 1900s

Late 1600s

#18. Who was the first woman publisher in Canada?

Dr. Emily Stowe

Therese Casgrain

Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Agnes Macphail

#19. The City of York, founded by Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe, is present-day:

Quebec City

Toronto

Halifax

Montreal

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