Slavery: Rebellions by Enslaved People

PowerPoint (with 5 slides) and one Word Document that examines the resistance to slavery by enslaved people focusing on Toussaint Louverture in Haiti (1791-1804) and Sam Sharpe and the Baptist War in Jamaica in 1831. The lesson also considers what impact, if any, these rebellions had on Britain and its eventual abolition of slavery in 1833.

Activities include

• Quick Quiz on prior learning on the slave trade (feel free to edit to fit your previous learning)
• Starter activity sorting examples of resistance into active and passive.
• Reading and comprehension tasks on the Haitian Revolution and Baptist War to identify similarities in causes and differences in events to explain why the Baptist War ended in failure in the short term.
• Evidence analysis task on how the Baptist War might have helped bring about the abolition of slavery in Britain eventually.
• Timeline analysis task to identify which revolt was more important in ending Britain’s involvement in slavery.

Designed for teaching an academically able Key Stage 3 class covering aspects of the British Empire.
Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

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