▪ Overleaf is a timeline which describes how the slave trade (the transport of slaves), and then slavery itself (the existence of slaves), was abolished.
▪ Historians have to divide events into "periods" to make a long sequence of events easier to understand. Each "period" usually forms a "chapter" of a book.
▪ Your job is to split the table into 3-5 "Periods". Place a title over each "Chapter" to indicate why you decided to slice the table up in this manner.
**Option 2: Organising History into Themes (Intermediate)
▪ Historians have to divide events into "themes" to make them easier to analyse.
▪ Your job is to code the events in the table using two colours. You can decide for yourself how to divide the events up, e.g.
▪ Abolition of slave trade / Abolition of slavery itself.
▪ If you prefer, you can divide the events into different columns rather than put them in different colours.
▪ What are the three most important events in the timeline? Explain.
a. "Britain's decision to abolish slavery makes up for its earlier involvement in it"
Timeline: The Abolition of the Slave Trade
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1730
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First Maroons War in Jamaica; Britain agrees to let them live free on part of the island.
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1735
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Tackey’s slave rebellion in Antigua; he led another in Jamaica in 1760.
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1770s
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The abolitionist Granville Sharpe collects evidence showing that slavery is illegal.
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1772
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Somerset Case: Rules that slaves in England cannot be forced back to the West Indies.
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1775
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American War of Independence. Britain gives freedom to slaves that fight for the King.
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1783
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The Zong Case: living slaves are thrown overboard; this causes outrage in Britian.
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1786
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Thomas Clarkson’s "An essay on slavery" is published.
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1787
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The "Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade" is established in England.
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1789
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The autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, a former slave, is published in London.
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1789
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The French Revolution begins in July. It inspires the slaves to rise up in rebellion.
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1790
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William Wilberforce presents the first abolition bill to Parliament; it is defeated.
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1791
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Toussaint L’Ouverture leads a rebellion of slaves in Haiti.
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1792
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Wilberforce presents a second abolition bill to Parliament; it is defeated.
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1793
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War between Britain and France (till 1802) pushes abolition down Parliament's agenda.
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1794
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Revolutionary France abolishes slavery and frees all enslaved people in her colonies.
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1795
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Second Maroon War in Jamaica, ending in defeat for the Maroons.
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1795
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Rebellions in Grenada and St. Vincent cause enormous damage to plantations.
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1796
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Napoleon seizes power in France and restores slavery in the French colonies.
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1803
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Slave trading abolished in Denmark.
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1804
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Haiti declared a free Republic – the first free black settlement outside Africa.
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1807
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Slave trading abolished by Britain and United States
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1811
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Slavery abolished in Spain.
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1813
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Slave trading abolished by Sweden.
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1814
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Slave trading abolished by The Netherlands.
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1816
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Slave rebellion in Barbados causes huge damage.
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1817
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Slave trading abolished by France after the fall of Napoleon.
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1819
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Slave trading abolished north of the equator by Portugal.
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1820
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Slave trading abolished by Spain.
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1823
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Slave rising in Demerara is crushed by British forces.
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1823
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Anti-Slavery Committee formed in London to campaign for total abolition of slavery.
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1831
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Major slave revolt called 'The Baptists’ War’ breaks out in Jamaica.
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1831
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Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion in the US.
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1831
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The autobiography of Mary Prince is published in London.
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1833
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Britain abolishes slavery. Wilberforce dies three days after the law is passed.
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1839
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Slaves seize the slave ship Amistad, sail to the USA, and obtain their freedom.
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1840
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J.W.M. Turner’s painting 'The Slave Ship’ is exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.
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1842
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Slavery abolished in Uruguay.
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1843
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Slavery abolished in Argentina.
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1843
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Slavery abolished in Swedish Colonies.
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1848
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Slavery abolished in French and Danish Colonies.
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1851
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Slave trading abolished by Brazil.
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1858
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Slavery abolished in Portuguese Colonies.
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1865
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Slavery abolished in the United States at the end of the American Civil War.
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1886
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Abolition of slavery in Cuba.
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1888
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Abolition of slavery in Brazil.
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