Britain and the Transatlantic Slave Trade: Investigation

Stimulate debate and discussion with pupils through this investigation on aspects of slavery and the abolition movement by exploring newspaper articles, parliamentary documents and abolition literature. This in depth resource has been created using documents held at The Angus Library and Archive, Regent’s Park College, Oxford University. The resource includes a pack of primary sources for students and teaching notes including contextual information and suggested questions designed to encourage and support classroom discussion in a lesson or series of lessons. They can be adapted for use with KS3 and KS4 pupils of all abilities.