The Abolition of the Slave Trade (History Book 1)

This is an indispensable book for secondary school students that charts the lives of thirteen key individuals involved in the slave trade. Their stories describe the struggle to abolish the triangular trade between Europe, West Africa and the Carribean. It includes the biographies of anti-slavery campaigners Granville Sharp, Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce, Charles James Fox and Lady Margaret Nugent; of slave owners and pro-slavery advocates such as Edward Long, Phillip Thicknesse and the Duke of Clarence; of slaves and ex-slaves who fought to end this inhuman and cruel trade, including Olaudah Equiano, Jonathan Strong and Toussaint L’Ouverture. It is the first in the History series published by CurriculumBooks, a company highly tuned and sensitive to teachers' knowledge, experience and classroom challenges. Also, a company dedicated to providing quality books at a price that all parents can afford.