• Story of Africa The continent from an African perspective from the BBC.
• Africa and Capture & Enslavement Basic story, images and good source extracts provided form the very useful Recoverered Histories site of Anti-Slavery International. Also has a useful
  • Glossary of the words used to describe slavery and the slave trade
  • Timeline
  • General witness narratives from the time.  
• Africa A relevant history of Africa and Sierra Leone traces early colonial settlement, and attempts to stop the illegal coastal slave trade. From the site of the Amistad Museum ship.(This is on a pdf from the Wayback Archive)
• History of the UK Anti-Slavery society For a full history (This is on a pdf from the Wayback Archive)
• The history of the transatlantic slave trade From the Understanding Slavery Site. Clear presentation of the main stages in the trade and its abolition. Good pictures & resources. Also has valuable resources for teachers and students. Sections On:
  • Europe Before Transatlantic Slavery 
  • Africa Before Transatlantic Enslavement
  • Trade & Commerce
• Slavery part of the Story of Africa site this attempts to look at the nineteenth century in Africa from an African as well as European perspective. Sections include:
  • The Roots of Slavery & African Slave Owners
  • Africa's Losses
  • The East African Slave Trade
  • Timeline & Remarkable Facts
  • Further Reading & Useful Links
• Background information on the African homelands. From excellent Africa Online site. (From the Wayback Archive and may be slow to load. Worth the wait!)
  • Ethnography
  • Demography
  • Languages
  • Religion
  • Cultural
  • Regions
  • Drainage
  • Climate
  • Vegetation
  • Animals
•  Useful Links

Images:

• Artefacts A Page of images and objects from all aspects of slavery and the slave trade. Very useful.
• The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record Monumental and extremely useful!!! (Click on 'Explore the Collection'). The thousand images in this collection have been selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery. This collection can be used by teachers, researchers, students, and the general public - in brief, anyone interested in the experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their descendants in the slave societies of the New World. Jerome S. Handler and Michael L. Tuite Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4. Ending Slavery

Britain

• The First Black Britons By Sukhdev Sandhu. Black people have lived in Britain for centuries - although their circumstances have varied greatly. Some have been enslaved and exploited, while others have enjoyed privilege and status. This tells their early story.
• Basic story, images and good source extracts provided form the very useful Recoverered Histories site of Anti-Slavery International  
• Pro-Slavery Lobby  
• Anti-Slavery Movement  
• Religion
• Abolition & Emancipation
• Legacy
• Educational Resources

• From the Understanding Slavery Site. Clear presentation of the main stages in the trade and its abolition. Good pictures & resources with valuable resources for teachers and students. Sections on:
  • The Campaign for Abolition
  • Emancipation
• The Abolition of British Slavery - Interactive Map The transatlantic slave trade involved the enforced transportation and enslavement of millions. Follow dynamic trails across Africa, the Caribbean and the UK with text, images and audio to explore the abolition of British slavery. Includes: How the slave trade worked,  Resistance and abolition,  Olaudah Equiano's adventures,  Back to Sierra Leone,  Facts and figures
• William Wilberforce Brief biography

William Wilberforce Very detailed but clearly set out account of the campaigner and the whole issue of slavery and the slave trade. Images, documents and activities from Wilberforce House,  Hull (MLA site)

• The Slave Trade By the Portcities site. Clear and well illustrated. Looks at:
  • The campaign against slavery
  • Opponents and supporters
  • The campaign in the 1820s
  • The end of Slavery?

British Anti-slavery  In the space of just 46 years, the British government outlawed the slave trade that Britain had created and went on to abolish the practice of slavery throughout the colonies. John Oldfield shows how this national campaign became one of the most successful reform movements of the 19th century. From the BBC. William Wilberforce: The Real Abolitionist? William Wilberforce has received much of the credit for the abolition of the slave trade, but does the story of the campaign support this view?

Slavery and Justice A long and detailed survey of Browns University and its involvement in slavery. Worthwhile for keen casahistorians as it shows how the trade and slavery grew and became part of everyday life - even outside the traditional slave areas. Finally it looks at the slave trade, slavery and abolition and how it fits into the struggle today for human rights.

USA: Emancipation & Civil War

• Emancipation Proclamation Good linked description and overview from Spartacus. A good place to start. 
• From the site of the Amistad Museum ship. (Courtesy of the Wayback Archive)
  • United States timeline considers national history relevant to the slave trade, emancipation, and the early beginnings of the Civil Rights movement.
  • Documents from the time to use on Newspapers, Personal Papers, Court Records,  Government Papers, Popular Media.
• Judgement Day Series for (US) schools on the Emancipation of the slaves. Good links to maps, sources.... Can be difficult in places. Main sections on:
  • Antebellum (before the war) Slavery
  • Abolitionism
  • Fugitive Slaves and Northern Racism
  • Westward Expansion
  • The Civil War

Freedom & Emancipation Detailed article and very thorough on the key stages in emancipation, but less for schools than adult readers. From the US BBC, PBS.

• American Civil War For easy access to chronologies, events, personalities, and documents, go to this excellent site from Spartacus. Remember to scroll down all the page.
  

 

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