User:Hatchend

THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN BRITAIN!!!

Slavery stared in 1662 till 1833.Britain was involved in the slave trade because of British traders supplied slaves for the Spanish and Portuguese colonists in America. Before that a man named Captain John Hawkins made the first known English slaving voyage to Africa, in 1562. There were a couple of people that tried to help end slavery. a man named Thomas Clarkson drew pictures of the slave ships and also drew pictures to show how the slaves were tortured. another lady named Mary Prince she wrote a book and joined the Anti-Slavery Society. She also presented an Anti-Slavery potion parliament. She helped to end slavery because she was born into it. Also a man named Olaudah equiano he wrote a book about how horrible slavery was and he started a few campaigns. He helped because he was a slave himself he could tell what they were feeling and another person that helped her name Elizabeth Heyrick, she got public support to start a campaign. She helped slavery by supporting the slaves and the Anti-Slavery committee. Some enslaved people were able to resist slavery by fighting there masters, not doing work in the house or on the field, mostly running away and staying with abolitionists and killing/murdering white men tying up. The Africans resisted slavery by hiding away from the white men and slave traders. The slave trade was Britain’s fault as they had slave ships going round to get people from Africa and transport them to the Americas to work on Plantation where they were not treated very nicely. Also the British would take goods from buyers of the slaves. From my point of view yes i think that Britain should pay money to apologise even though it won’t bring families and life’s back but still is something. From my point of view i think that the most important group is the four people that i told you about before i thought that they were the most important people because they all tried to help stop slavery and some had experienced it.