Abolition

=Who were the abolitionists?= = = Abolitionists: these were people who fought hard to abolish or smash slavery.

How did they campaign? Find out more about these first class citizens!


 * [[image:http://www.northumberlandvtle.net/files/media/81/documents/5902/olaudah-equiano_48364t.jpg width="159" height="200"]] || Learn about the life and work of Oloudah Equiano. He was a former slave who campaigned for the abolition of slavery.

[|Click here][|Link to website on the campaigns against slavery] ||
 * [[image:http://www.northumberlandvtle.net/files/media/81/documents/5902/clarkson.jpg width="183" height="226"]] || Learn more about the British campaigners

[|Click here] to find out more. ||
 * [[image:http://www.northumberlandvtle.net/files/media/81/documents/5902/brooks%20model.jpg width="163" height="103"]] || Learn about how the British Parliament played a part in stopping slavery

[|Click here] The picture on the left shows an actual model that William Wilberforce brought to Parliament to show the MP's the dreadfull conditions upon the slave ships. It was a scale model of the famous slave ship "The Brookes" and it showed MP's just exactly how closely packed the slaves were. ||