Audiovisual material

Amistad - a 1998 (certificate 15) film by Steven Spielberg available on VHS or DVD.
A free Amistad downloadable PDF study guide from Film Education

Glory - a certificate 15 film about a black soldier in the American Civil War.
A free Glory downloadable PDF study guide from Film Education

The Changing Face of Slavery - a video presented by Diane Louise Jordan available in a teaching pack from Anti-Slavery International.

Museums and archives

Black Cultural Archives
Archival material on the history of black people (of African and Caribbean ancestry) living in Britain; there is a searchable database of material on plantations and slaves.

The British Museum, London
Collections in The Sainsbury’s African Galleries illustrate the diversity of Africa and its impact on the world, including examples of the Benin bronzes.

Horniman Museum, London
Collections in the African Worlds illustrate the diversity of the African continent, including bronze art from Benin.

Lancaster Maritime Museum
Have a teaching pack on slavery and have developed a local slave trail with a school and Global Link

Soham Community History Museum
Has information about Olaudah Equiano who was married in the parish church.

The Museum of London and Museum in Docklands
Covers the diversity of trade(including tobacco and sugar) that flowed with the Thames through London in the Warehouse of the World gallery.

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Has the portrait, supposedly of Equiano, on display.

The Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Cambridgeshire
Thomas Clarkson’s chest of African produce and instruments of restraint used in the slave trade are on display.

Websites with information, resources and activities

African Remembrance Day - 1st August
The commemorations held on August 1st to mark the death of millions of Africans during the slave trade.

Anti-slavery
Information on contemporary forms of slavery and anti-slavery campaigns.

Black And Asian Studies Association (BASA)
Research on the history of black people in Britain; the site has an email discussion list.

Black History Month
Promotes information and activities for Black History Month in October.

Black History Pages
Good source of information on African history and more contemporary black history.

Breaking the Silence
A UNESCO project with a selection of teaching activities on slavery, hosted by Anti Slavery International.

Brycchan Carey’s website
A personal site with lots of information about slavery, abolition and further resources.

History on the net
Teaching activities and background information on the Black Peoples of America.

Learning Curve
National Archives’ site with historical sources and teaching activities on slavery.

Moving Here
National Archives’ site with personalized migration stories to England over the last 200 years.

Set All Free
A site from Churches Together in England with plenty of background information on the transatlantic slave trade and contemporary forms of slavery.

Slaves’ Stories
Illustrated accounts of Africans written from their childhood and illustrating the traumas they experienced.

The Spartacus Educational - British History 1700-1930
As below with much of the same US material but with an additional focus on British abolitionists, and women in the abolition movement.

The Spartacus Educational - USA slavery
Large selection of slave accounts, detail of life on the plantations and escape, mainly US focused.

The Slave Route
UNESCO project The Slave Route with background information and the 2004 International Year to commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition.

Virtual visit of Gorée Island
Virtual tour of Gorée Island, Senegal which describes the experience of the thousands of Africans who were imprisoned until they were sold and sent to America.

Voices from the Days of Slavery
Former slaves in the US tell their stories through oral history on this Library of Congress site.

Historical themes

West African History

Ashanti Home Page
History of the Ashanti kingdom and Ghana.

BBC The Story of Africa
Detailed information about the history of Africa, West African Kingdoms and the slave trade.

Central Oregon Community College, African Timelines
Detailed timelines of African empires from the 1st to the 15th centur.

Encyclopedia Britannica online
A history of West Africa from the 11th century to the present, but you have to subscribe to access it

Triangular Trade

National Maritime Museum
An interactive map of the triangular trade that pupils can use independently.

St. Kitts and Nevis History Page
Facts and figures and case studies on the slave trade, mainly relating to St Kitts.Ghana.

Middle Passage

St. Kitts and Nevis History Page
Information on the slave experience, individual ships and their crews.

Slavery

Jamaica National Heritage Trust
History of the island, archive photos and a contemporary perspective.

Spartacus Educational
Resources describing the experiences of slavery through individual people and events.

St. Kitts and Nevis History Page
Accounts of slavery, with a particular focus on St Kitts.
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Resistance and Rebellion

Jamaica’s National Heroes
Jamaican life and culture as well as information on Nanny of the Maroons and Sam Sharpe.

Abolition

Telling History
Extract downloadable from a resource pack on Thomas Clarkson from the Wisbech & Fenland Museum.

Emancipation

Queen’s University Belfast, Slavery and the Caribbean
The inequalities that continued in the Caribbean after emancipation from slavery, as seen in themes in literature.

Legacy

Black History
A community site dedicated to past influential and living black leaders and the history surrounding them.

Britkid
A site for young people about the issue of racism.

Every Generation
Information about the black presence in Britain, family history, heritage and education.

100 Great Black Britons
Biographies of 100 great black Britons.

Stand Up Speak Up
A campaign to crack down on racism in football, potentially useful for discussions with students on racism through a universal and popular topic.

The Black Presence in Britain
Coverage of history of black people in Britain.

Diaspora

Digital Art Resource for Education
An interactive resource for culturally-diverse contemporary art education.

Instiute of International Visusal Arts
Website of the Institute of International Visual Arts, has library section with many references to slavery.

Local history

Bristol

Bristol Slavery
A site developed by Headley Park School in Bristol with informative content.

History Footsteps
An online version of the city of Bristol slave trail with activities and information for teachers.

Port Cities Bristol
One of a series of Port Cities sites with a rich collection of objects and supporting information available on the transatlantic slave trade; Bristol focused but much of national interest.

London

Port Cities London
One of a series of Port Cities sites which includes the Greenwich slave trail.

Liverpool

Port Cities London
One of a series of Port Cities sites on the history of the slave trade with specific local links to Liverpool.