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The Abolition Campaign

Image from The Unsung Heroes of Abolition Parliamentarians, women, slave revolt leaders and Quakers all played their part. Who are the lost champions of the abolition campaign? By Adam Hochschild.

Image from The Tools of the Abolitionists From sugar boycotts to mass petitions, the abolitionists pioneered many campaign tactics still in use today. By Mike Kaye.

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The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Image from The Abolition of British Slavery - Interactive Map Explore events in Africa, the Caribbean and the UK with audio, text and images, by Adam Hochschild

Image from The Business of Enslavement How did the financial, commercial and legal infrastructure of the slave trade underpin a powerful new merchant class in Britain? By Nigel Pocock.

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The Post-Abolition World

Image from Stereotypical Representations of Black People in Modern Western Societies Black people have been portrayed in Western societies in a variety of stereotypical ways since the demise of slavery. By Professor Jan Nederveen Pieterse

Image from Slavery and the Building of Britain The built environment contains many powerful reminders of Britain's involvement in the slave trade. By James Walvin.

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Your History

Image from Your Local Slave Trade History Statues, street names, meeting houses and docks all hold clues to the history of the slave trade in your area.

Image from Researching African & Caribbean Family History Tracing your ancestry back to the Caribbean requires a specialist knowledge of the records, archives and research techniques. By Guy Grannum.

  • Your Photos - Browse this growing archive of photographs. Why not add your own family snaps?
  • Colin Jackson - How Colin's family history took him back to the Caribbean.
  • Moira Stuart - A moving story of Moira's associations with abolition in the Caribbean.
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