Y8: 4-7. Anti-Slavery Campaigns

Year 8

Today you are going to meet some of those who campaigned for an end to slavery…

Follow the order in which I give you instructions:

“The Slave Trade”, p.73

Various people and organisations campaigned for an end to slavery. Two examples of people who campaigned for an end to slavery are Olaudah Equiano and John Newton.

Watch the following videos to learn more about Olaudah Equiano…

Olaudah Equiano. (0:50 minutes long)

‘The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano’. (3:42 minutes long)

Below is a production for young kids, but this video is included in our lesson as it is a very clever song! We can admire the creativity of this production made for young kids!

Olaudah Equiano | Black History Month for Kids. (3:20 minutes long)

Watch the following videos to learn more about John Newton…

John Newton and the story behind the song “Amazing Grace”. (3:16 min long)

Amazing Grace: John Newton’s. (6:50 min long)

And now for a few tasks about Slavery & the abolition of Slavery from your Workbook…

See if you can fill in brief information on the spider diagram on “what was it like to be a slave” (at the top of p.75).

SOLUTION

Mark your work

with a pencil.

Fill in the names of the two people (in the middle of p.75).

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SOLUTION

Mark your work

with a pencil.

Write a short paragraph to say who John Newton was (at the bottom of p.75).

SOLUTION

Mark your work

with a pencil.

Next, you need to do a bit of reading, to see how slavery came to an end…. So, read p.76. In particular, look for ways in which abolitionists campaigned for an end to slavery.

“The Abolition of the Slave Trade”, p.76

To conclude, use the box on p.76 of your Workbook to make a list of “ways in which abolitionists campaigned”. (In other words, what methods did they use to campaign against slavery?)