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Learning ActivityKey Stage 3

Campaign for Abolition

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Intellectualcampaigning

Religious motivated campaign

Violentresistance

Economicresistance

Abolitionists Olaudah Equiano Ignatius Sanchez William Willberforce Granvill Sharp Thomas Clarkson

Hatian Revolt 1795 DemeraraRevolt 1831-1832: The Great Jamacian SlaveRevolt / Baptist war

Religious Society ofFriends – Quaker Movement John Wesley Role of the Church‘Am I not a man or a brother’

The Great Sugar Boycott In 1791, thousands of pamphlets were printed which encouraged people to boycott sugar produced by slaves. Estimates suggest some 300,000 people abandoned sugar, with sales dropping by a third to a half

Iconic image of conditions on the slave ship Brooke - 1788

Portrait of Viscountess Kathleen Simon, née Harvey (1871-1955), an English anti-slavery campaigner and at one time, a Joint President of the British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Her husband was Liberal Statesman and Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Sir John Allsebrook Simon. England, circa 1910.

‘The leaving of Sugar by Degrees' . A satirical comments on the reluctant attitude of the British aristocracy to give up sugar and rum in support of the abolition of the slave trade. King George III and his family sit around a breakfast table, expressing their disdain at having their sugar supply rationed. England, 1792.

Sam Sharpe – Slave Rebellion Leader, Jamaica. Circa 1800

'am i not a man or brother'

Role of Women: Hannah Moore Ann Yearsley

Mary Seacole Quaker

Abolition logo and propaganda:

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Task 1Can a campaign make an impact?Look at the campaign techniques in slide 1. There are four examples of the kind of campaigning styles that were carried out during the 18th Century. Choose a style that you would like to highlight and promote as a newspaper reporter, covering the abolition story…

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Task 2 Creating your own Clarkson Chest

Clarkson was a key campaigner for the abolition of the slave trade and gathered evidence and witnesses for the cause, particularly from sailors who worked on the slave ships.

Clarkson had a chest containing African products, as well as restraints and punishment implements illustrating the great cruelty and loss of life resulting from the slave trade.

He tried to show that African foodstuffs, dye plants and manufactured items such as fine textiles and intricately crafted weapons, could replace the trade in slaves, to the benefit of both African and European traders.

Portrait of Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846)

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Working in groups - what items would you add to your chest, to assist you in the campaign for

abolition against the slave trade

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Task 3Role of women abolitionists

Women were very active abolitionists. One of the ways their important work has been acknowledged is by a special issue of postage stamps.

Design three stamps, one on each of the women abolitionists. On the back of each stamp, write a short, factual briefing and historical background of the person being commemorated.

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Task 3

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