parliamentary exhibitions open to the public in Westminster Hall. It seeks to explain why the abolition of the slave trade was a momentous issue in the moral and economic life of the country. As well as examining the role of key abolitionists and their endeavours to raise support for their cause, it demonstrates how parliament investigated the business of the slave trade and slavery. The focus of the exhibition is on the 30-year period leading up to the enactment of the bill for the abolition of the slave trade in 1807, the passing of that act was itself only a starting point in the campaign to abolish slavery; however the subsequent campaign, with its many vicissitudes, falls outside the remit of this exhibition. This catalogue documents t...
2007 marked the bicentenary of Britain’s abolition of its slave trade. This paper outlines the findi...
The issue of slavery has received wide public and media attention in response to the bicentenary of ...
Parliament’s abolition of the British Atlantic slave trade in 1807 was celebrated as a national triu...
There was as pronounced a parliamentary dimension to the escalation of England's slave trade as ther...
During the late eighteenth century organized anti-slavery, in the shape of the campaign to end the A...
There was as pronounced a parliamentary dimension to the escalation of England's slave trade as ther...
When the nineteenth century dawned, Great Britain�s trade with Africa was practically identical with...
In 2007 Britain commemorated the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. A range of pro...
On the basis of an extensive survey of museum displays and exhibitions dealing with slavery and abol...
Examining the museological shaping of the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade pr...
The year 2007 marked the bicentenary of the Act abolishing British participation in the slave trade....
Historians have considered a variety of possible reasons for the British Abolition of the slave trad...
In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves tra...
The exhibition concerns the Transatlantic Slave Trade, its abolition and modern slavery. The focus i...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
2007 marked the bicentenary of Britain’s abolition of its slave trade. This paper outlines the findi...
The issue of slavery has received wide public and media attention in response to the bicentenary of ...
Parliament’s abolition of the British Atlantic slave trade in 1807 was celebrated as a national triu...
There was as pronounced a parliamentary dimension to the escalation of England's slave trade as ther...
During the late eighteenth century organized anti-slavery, in the shape of the campaign to end the A...
There was as pronounced a parliamentary dimension to the escalation of England's slave trade as ther...
When the nineteenth century dawned, Great Britain�s trade with Africa was practically identical with...
In 2007 Britain commemorated the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. A range of pro...
On the basis of an extensive survey of museum displays and exhibitions dealing with slavery and abol...
Examining the museological shaping of the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade pr...
The year 2007 marked the bicentenary of the Act abolishing British participation in the slave trade....
Historians have considered a variety of possible reasons for the British Abolition of the slave trad...
In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves tra...
The exhibition concerns the Transatlantic Slave Trade, its abolition and modern slavery. The focus i...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
2007 marked the bicentenary of Britain’s abolition of its slave trade. This paper outlines the findi...
The issue of slavery has received wide public and media attention in response to the bicentenary of ...
Parliament’s abolition of the British Atlantic slave trade in 1807 was celebrated as a national triu...