The abolition of slavery

L/o: To analyse and evaluate sources to explain how people fought to abolish OR keep

slavery

From the diary of Olaudah Equiano an African slave

What can we learn from this source about why slavery was abolished?

Underline any important words you could use to argument one way or

another

I can ….

4: Describe what a source says and suggests5: Explain the message of the source in detail and the aim of the artist / writer6: Explain why a source is or isn’t useful or reliable 7: Discuss to what extent sources are reliable or useful to us as historians

The end of slavery2007 marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of British involvement in the slave trade. However, the campaign which led to this abolition began as early as 1787. This lesson you will be analysing sources to show how some people campaigned for the end of slavery (or to keep slavery!)

Source analysis and evaluationAnalysis: What is the message of the source?

What type of source is it?Primary/secondary?Type?

How does the image/ text represent slaves?

Are these accurate representations of slaves?

How are they meant to make the public feel?

William Cowper's 'The Negro's Complaint'FORCED from home and all its pleasures Africa's coast I left forlorn ,To increase a stranger's treasures Over the raging billows borne.

Men from England bought and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold;But, though slave they have enrolled me, Minds are never to be sold. Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask,Me from my delights to sever , Me to torture, me to task ?

Fleecy locks and black complexionCannot forfeit nature's claim;Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.

Who is she representing?

What does a lion represent?

What is she doing?

What does the artist think about slavery?

How does he/she show this?

Is this source useful to find out about the end of slavery?

Can we trust this artist? THINK!!

Source evaluation – How useful is the source to historians?

Look at the source you have been given and consider the following points / answer the following questions

o The first reaction to the image and what it makes you feel o What aspects of the image particularly draw your attentiono What the image is about and how to describe ito How do the people or person shown relate to the abolition debateo What point of view does the artist represent o Who made the image, where and whyo What the artist is trying to communicate to the audience o How is this source useful to a historian trying to find out about how slavery

was abolished?

I can ….

What level would you give yourself?

4: Describe what a source says and suggests5: Explain the message of the source in detail and the aim of the artist / writer6: Explain why a source is or isn’t useful or reliable 7: Discuss to what extent sources are reliable or useful to us as historians