These communities sought full participation in society by building institutions such as churches and mutual aid societies and fighting for the abolition of slavery. 1792-1821: 6 new slave states ...

Britain’s legacy as a leader in the Atlantic slave trade is often downplayed and overshadowed by the story of abolition, focusing on the moral and humanitarian leaders ... We have created this ...

On 1 August 1834, the Abolition of Slavery Act, which made the purchase or owning of slaves illegal in parts of the British Empire, took effect in Britain. This did not mean that all of the ...

Narrator: In the 18th century, the movement to end the slave trade emerged. In Britain a powerful abolition movement inspired by activists and politicians from around the world began to bring ...

(Second Middle Passage, British abolition of slavery in 1838, horrible practice of slavery in general.) Ask students to identify the effect(s) of Nat Turner’s Rebellion. (Southern plantation ...