Year 8 · History · Industry, empire and slavery · Lesson 3

The abolition of slavery

How British slavery was abolished: the 1807 and 1833 Acts, Equiano, Mary Prince, Clarkson and Wilberforce, petitions and boycotts, and resistance by enslaved people.

20-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

Watch free for a month

What your child will learn

Tell abolition of the trade from abolition of slavery
Describe the campaigners and their methods
Explain the role of resistance
Explain compensation and apprenticeship
Judge who deserves most credit

The method

Name each group.
Evidence for each.
How they linked.
Judge who mattered most.

Key words: abolition, abolitionist, petition, boycott, Slavery Abolition Act, compensation, resistance.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

When did Britain abolish the slave trade?

Step 1: Early 1800s

Answer: 1807

Question 2

When was the Slavery Abolition Act passed?

Step 1: 1830s

Answer: 1833

Question 3

Who was the MP who led the abolition campaign?

Step 1: From Hull

Answer: William Wilberforce