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- Mexico in the Context of the Transatlantic Slave Trade - A discussion of the slave trade which brought Africans to the country, and contemporary issues of their descendents in Veracruz and Costa Chica.
- Granville Sharp - Founder of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. In 1787 he published his pamphlet, A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of Its Abolition.
- Olaudah Equiano - Slave that purchased his freedom, and worked in the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
- 1807 Anti-Slave Trade Act - Law that forced british captains to pay a £100 for every slave found on board.
- Anti-Slavery Movement - Formed by Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson, which induded to the creation of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Influential figures such as John Wesley and Josiah Wedgwood also gave their support to the campaign.
- Richard Sheridan - Member of the Whigs that supported the House of Commons on the slave trade campaign.
- William Wilberforce - In 1787, founded the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Also led the campaign in the House of Commons, which tried to persuade the House of Lords to stop slavery.
- Charles Fox - Foreign secretary that made a speech in favour of the Abolition of the Slave Trade bill in the House of Commons on 10th June 1806.
- Ethnicity, Race and the Archaeology of the Atlantic Slave Trade - Dan Hicks, University of Bristol. Theoretical article on the archaeology of the Atlantic Slave Trade with particular reference to Caribbean historical ethnicities and world systems perspectives.
- Charles Fox - Represented Midhurst in the House of Commons when he was only nineteen. Promoted Catholic emancipation and opposed the slave trade. Favored Abolition of the Slave Trade bill in speech made in the House of Commons on June 10, 1806. (1749-1806)
Wikipedia Articles
- African slave trade - The slave trade in Africa has existed for thousands of years. The first main route passed through the Sahara, tying in to the Arab slave trade.
- Jewish slave trade - Allegations that Jews dominated the slave trade in Medieval Europe, Africa, and/or the Americas were widely refuted by scholars.Reviewed Work: Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade: Setting the Record Straight by Eli Faber by Paul Finkelman.
- Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade - The Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was a British abolitionist group, formed on May 22, 1787, when twelve men gathered together at a printing shop in London, United Kingdom, and committed themselves to founding the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
- Arab slave trade - The Arab slave trade refers to the practice of slavery in West Asia, North Africa and East Africa. The trade mostly involved North and East Africans and Middle Eastern peoples (Arabs, Berbers, Persians, etc.
- Atlantic slave trade - the Transatlantic slave trade, was the trade of African persons supplied to the colonies of the "New World" that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean. It lasted from the 16th century to the 19th century.