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Throughout the brutal history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade that took place between the 16th and 19th centuries, Africans resisted enslavement at different times and in many ways.

This book looks at the struggle for freedom and the key events in the build up to the abolition of slavery.

The Black History series brings together a wide range of events and experiences from the past to promote knowledge and understanding of black culture today. This book looks at the struggle for freedom and the key events in the build up to the abolition of slavery.



Table of Contents
  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: Resistance in Africa
  • 3: Resistance on the Slave Ships
  • 4: The Amistad (depth story)
  • 5: Resistance on the Plantations
  • 6: Slave revolts
  • 7: Nanny of the Maroons
  • 8: Toussaint L’Ouverture’s rebellion
  • 9: Abolition
  • 10: Africans in Britain
  • 11: Case Study – Olaudah Equiano the Abolitionist
  • 12: Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
  • 13: Am I not a man and a brother?
  • 14: Elizabeth Heyrick (depth study)
  • 15: The Abolition Acts
  • 16: The Legacy of the Slave Trade
  • 17: Timeline – Resistance and Abolition­
  • 18: Websites and Bibliography

Black History Resistance and Abolition

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      Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
      Publication Date: 08/10/2020
      ISBN13: 9781445180847, 978-1445180847
      ISBN10: 1445180847

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Throughout the brutal history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade that took place between the 16th and 19th centuries, Africans resisted enslavement at different times and in many ways.

      This book looks at the struggle for freedom and the key events in the build up to the abolition of slavery.

      The Black History series brings together a wide range of events and experiences from the past to promote knowledge and understanding of black culture today. This book looks at the struggle for freedom and the key events in the build up to the abolition of slavery.



      Table of Contents
      • 1: Introduction
      • 2: Resistance in Africa
      • 3: Resistance on the Slave Ships
      • 4: The Amistad (depth story)
      • 5: Resistance on the Plantations
      • 6: Slave revolts
      • 7: Nanny of the Maroons
      • 8: Toussaint L’Ouverture’s rebellion
      • 9: Abolition
      • 10: Africans in Britain
      • 11: Case Study – Olaudah Equiano the Abolitionist
      • 12: Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
      • 13: Am I not a man and a brother?
      • 14: Elizabeth Heyrick (depth study)
      • 15: The Abolition Acts
      • 16: The Legacy of the Slave Trade
      • 17: Timeline – Resistance and Abolition­
      • 18: Websites and Bibliography

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