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a more detailed but also more difficult site to use.
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African background
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 Story of Africa - the continent from an African perspective
from the BBC.
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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
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History of the UK Anti-Slavery society
For a full history (This is on a pdf)
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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 but much is more for teachers than students.
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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:
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 Background information on the African homelands. From excellent
Africa Online site.
Images:
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Gallery of images from the Amistad site
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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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2.
Atlantic Slave Trade
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 Breaking the Silence Very detailed site from Anti-Slavery
international. Use this page to find out about the trade and its impact
on Africa and the Americas. looks at Slave ports across Europe. You
choose your port and area.
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Triangular Trade From the UK
National
Maritime Museum. This is an animated site which allows you to
set up your own exhibition using their online images and documents.
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Amistad
Museum ship. An excellent resource, including:
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Atlantic Slave Trade timeline providing a
brief history of slavery
on both sides
of the ocean, including significant treaties
and
legislation abolishing the practice.
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West Indies timeline chronicles events
of Cuba and the Caribbean,
with the
rise of a slave trade market despite
legislative prohibitions.
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Merseyside Maritime Museum in
Liverpool explores what life might have been like on board for those
forced to make the six- to eight-week journey by ship
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Bristol and
Transatlantic Slavery By the Portcities site. Clear and well
illustrated. Looks at:
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From
the excellent Spartacus Site,
Slavery: 1750-1870.
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3. Plantation life
The
History of Mary Prince Published in London
in 1831 this is the first autobiography by a woman slave in
the Americas. This article describes the book and what Mary had to
say about her life as a slave in the West Indies.
Life on the Plantation. Good set of fictitious essays, stories,
and letters from slaves and slave owners portrayed in SLAVERY AND
THE MAKING OF AMERICA. All of the readings, written for schools, are
based on historical fact and help you to "see" and "hear" what life
was like in the time of slavery in America.
PRIMARY SOURCES are also available.
By PBS, the US equivalent of the BBC.
From the Spartacus Site,
Slavery: 1750-1870. Some of
the links are shown below, but there are many more if you go to the
main site.
(Remember to
scroll down the page to read about the topic!).
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The Slave System:
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Slave Life:
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Slavery and Economy in Barbados
Looks very thoroughly at Barbados and the slave trade. It
was one of England's most popular colonies, with a rich economy based on sugar
and slavery. Yet it was also the only colony to support the abolition of the
slave trade.
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Slavery and the
Making of America. Very full website by PBS, the US
equivalent of the BBC. Modern design with a good focus on
Slave memories and the slave experience on the plantations. Worth going to.
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4.
Ending slavery
Britain
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 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.
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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
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William Wilberforce Brief
biography
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The Slave Trade By the Portcities site. Clear and well
illustrated. Looks at:
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The campaign in the 1820s
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The end of Slavery?
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 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 History of Africa
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?
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USA: Emancipation & Civil War
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Emancipation Proclamation Good linked
description and overview from Spartacus. A good place to start.
- From the site of the
Amistad Museum ship.
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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:
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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.
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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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5. Conclusions:
a) USA - The Civil Rights
Movement
b) Modern Britain and its
Caribbean past
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Moving Here. A database of digitised
photos, maps, objects, documents and audio items recording migration
experiences of the past 200 years
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Moira Stuart - A moving story of Moira's
associations with abolition in the Caribbean from the BBC family tree
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The following BBC sites develop the theme of Caribbean roots in
Britain. They can be written at quite a difficult level in places:
 Caribbean Family History
Looks at how to trace a Caribbean family history. By
Kathy Chater. Articles from the BBC.
Windrush - the Passengers
By Mike Phillips BBC article on the first Carribbean immigrants to
Britain on board the Windrush in 1948.
Windrush – Arrivals Passengers on the Windrush
were told they they were headed for the 'mother country' and that they
were all welcome. What did they experience after their arrival in
Britain?
Multi-racial Britain Martin Luther King
aspired to a society where a man's character was more important than the
colour of his skin. Diane Abbott asks whether a a truly multi-racial
society ever be achieved in modern day society. Includes sections on
The myth of a pure society,
Slavery and the
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b) Apologies Today
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