References and further information

Useful references and websites for further information

Four succinct books that provide a good overview/introduction to the history of the transatlantic slave trade are:

Bury The Chains, The British struggle to abolish slavery, Adam Hochschild, 2005, Pan Books 0-330-48581-4
Britain and the Slave Trade, Steve Martin, 1999, Channel 4 Books 978-0-752-21785-7
A Short History of Slavery, James Walvin, 2007, Penguin Books 978-0-141-02798-2
Britain's Slave Empire, James Walvin, 2007, Tempus Publishing Ltd 978-0-752-44427-7

A book that could be read by older/more able pupils and goes right up to the more recent Windrush generation is:
Out of Slavery, Learning about the history of black British Caribbean people, Nadia Foster, 2004, Redcliffe Publishing 0-9547420-0-1

Websites

Other English Heritage sites that support this subject include:
Sites of Memory at The Slave Trade and Abolition:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/abolition
Slavery teaching activities and ready made search at Heritage Explorer:
http://www.heritage-explorer.co.uk 

More archive images can be sourced at:
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk

And at the commercial picture site:
http://www.arcaid.co.uk/

Other selected organisations include:

http://www.100greatblackbritons.com
Biographies of 100 great black Britons

http://www.africanremembrance.org.uk
Commemorations on August 1st to mark the death of millions of Africans during the slave trade

http://www.antislavery.org
Historical context, classroom activities and contemporary forms of slavery and anti-slavery campaigns

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/local_trade_history_article_01.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/building_britain_gallery.shtml
Two BBC sites linking the slave trade to buildings and the local environment

http://www.blackandasianstudies.org.uk
Research on the history of black people in Britain

http://www.black-history-month.co.uk
Information and activities for Black History Month in October

http://www.blackhistory4schools.com
Resources and links integrating black history for teachers

http://www.blackpresence.co.uk
The history of black people in Britain

http://www.brycchancarey.com
A personal site covering slavery, abolition and further resources

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/slavery/index.htm
Government information, support and listings of events

http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk
A rich collection of objects and information, Bristol focused but of wider interest

http://www.emsource.org.uk/topics/
Resources on George Africanus from the East Midlands

http://www.jamaicaway.com/Heroes/index.html
Jamaican life and culture and national heroes including Sam Sharpe

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot27/snapshot27.htm
National Archives’ site with historical sources and teaching activities on slavery

http://www.movinghere.org.uk
National Archives’ site with migration stories to England over 200 years

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/
History of black presence in Britain

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/freedom
Objects and information and an interactive map of the triangular trade

http://slavetrade.parliament.uk/slavetrade/index.html
Parliamentary exhibition and archives with plenty of source material

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm
The experience of slavery through individual people and events

http://www.setallfree.net 
Background information, especially on the links to religion

http://www.soham.org.uk
Information about Olaudah Equiano who was married in the parish church

http://www.understandingslavery.com
Background information, advice on sensitivities, teaching activities and museum resources for teaching the slave trade and its legacies

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