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Anti-slavery meeting in Exeter, 1841
Overview
People in the UK are marking the 200th anniversary of a ban on slave trading. The legislation was brought about with the help of a mass movement of ordinary people.
Students learn about the British ban on slave trading and compare it to high profile campaigns today. What motivates people to behave in this way? What do students want to change, and how would they go about doing this?
For our special section on slavery, select this link
Learning aims
Which are the issues that you would stand up for? Look at some comments from our readers and see if the group agree that these issues are worth campaigning for.
select this link to see some of the issues that Newsround readers would stand up for
Look at this example from Press packer Shetal who got involved in the Send My Friend to School campaign. Do students have any experience of feeling like this and getting involved in a big campaign?
select this link for Shetal's report on how she got involved in a big campaign
Main activity
Imagine being kidnapped from your home, separated from your family and robbed of your identity. This was just the start of the ordeal for the tens of millions of African people transported to The New World as part of the slave trade.
THE SLAVE TRADE
Map of the journey taken by slaves select this link for our guide to the slave trade
A campaign of mass action by ordinary people in the UK, and rebellions by enslaved Africans generated the political climate necessary for a ban.
To find out how ordinary people to got involved in changing the law in this way students can research the slave trade using our special section, and then answer our online quiz.
select this link for our quiz on the slave trade
Plenary
Why is it important to make a stand against injustice?
Teachers' Background
Here are some links for researching this issue.
BBC sites
Newsround: The end of the slave trade BBC Animated map: Abolition of British slavery BBC World Class - Freedom fact files BBC World Class - Children's stories
Outside the BBC
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Abolition of the slave trade on Direct Gov website
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