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Campaign for Abolition
Learning Activity
Key Stage 3
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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.
l Abolitionists
l Olaudah Equiano
l Ignatius Sanchez
l William Willberforce
l Granvill Sharp
l Thomas Clarkson
Role of Women:
l Hannah Moore
l Ann Yearsley
Intellectual
campaigning
Abolition
logo and
propaganda:
'am i not a
man or
brother'
l Religious Society of
Friends – Quaker Movement
l John Wesley
l Role of the Church
Religious
l‘Am I not a man or
a brother’
motivated
Iconic image
of conditions
on the slave
ship Brooke 1788
campaign
l Mary Seacole
l Quaker
l Hatian Revolt
l 1795 Demerara
Revolt
l 1831-1832: The Great
Jamacian Slave
Revolt / Baptist war
Sam Sharpe – Slave
Rebellion Leader,
Jamaica. Circa 1800
Violent
resistance
l The Great Sugar Boycott
l 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
Economic
resistance
‘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.
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Task 1
Can 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 3
Role 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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