Question

1. choose the best answer. the efforts of __ encouraged british lawmakers to pass the abolition act in 1883, abolishing the slave trade and enslavement of people in most british colonies. benjamin franklin and roger sherman thomas jefferson and john adams olaudah equiano and wilber wilberforce john c. calhoun and henry clay 11) choose the best answer. formerly enslaved __ surveyed a pass through the sierra nevada mountains and was made chief of the crow people. george washington bush alexander cochrane roger sherman james beckwourth

Explanation:

1. Olaudah Equiano was a formerly - enslaved man who wrote a powerful autobiography that contributed to the abolitionist cause. Wilberforce was a prominent British politician who was a leading figure in the movement to abolish the slave trade and slavery in the British Empire. They both played significant roles in the passage of the 1883 Abolition Act.
2. James Beckwourth was a formerly - enslaved African - American who surveyed a pass through the Sierra Nevada Mountains and was made chief of the Crow people.

Answer:

1. Olaudah Equiano and Wilber Wilberforce
2. James Beckwourth