Collections

International Slavery Museum
Explores both the historical and contemporary aspects of slavery, addressing the many legacies of the slave trade.

Museum in Docklands
Includes ‘London, Sugar & Slavery’ a permanent exhibition to examine London’s involvement in transatlantic slavery.

National Maritime Museum
Includes ‘Atlantic Worlds’ a new permanent gallery which explores the interrelationship, connections and exchanges created between Britain, Africa and the Americas between 1600 and 1850 and looks at the impact of empire on three continents. All the objects in the gallery can be viewed online.

Bristol City’s Museums, Galleries and Archives
Are currently developing a new £24.7m HLF funded museum on the harbourside. Due to open in spring 2011 this museum, which explores the 1000 years of the city’s history from the perspective its people, will be rich in content which explores the city’s involvement in transatlantic slavery and the legacies of that involvement.

British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
Includes ‘Breaking the Chains’, a £1 million Heritage Lottery Funded exhibition created to mark the 200-year anniversary of the 1807 Act that abolished the British Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Hull City Museum and Art Gallery
Wilberforce House Museum explores the history of slavery, abolition and the legacy of slavery today. Hull museums’ collection of artworks and artefacts are also available online.

Learning Resources

Who Do We Think We Are?
An educational programme that engages primary and secondary school teachers in the exploration of identity, diversity and citizenship with children and young people - in their schools, local communities and nationally. Who Do We Think We Are? culminates in a week-long series of cross-curricular events and activities during June each year.

Any of the following 3 URL’s can be used: www.whodowethinkweare.org / www.wdwtwa.org.uk / www.whodowethinkweare.org.uk

Anti-Slavery International
Is the world’s oldest international human rights organisation and the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses. They work at local, national and international levels to eliminate the system of slavery around the world. Their website details a number of educational projects and resources.

Anti-Slavery has digitised its collection of 18th and 19th century literature on the Transatlantic Slave Trade. ‘Recovered Histories‘ captures the narratives of the enslaved, enslavers, slave ship surgeons, abolitionists, parliamentarians, clergy, planters and rebels.

BBC ‘Abolition’
Developed to commemorate the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The website details a range of resources and information.