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Intermediate/Higher HistoryThe British Slave Trade and its Abolition 1770-1807 Clips

  1. The role of Zachary Macaulay in the abolition of slavery

    Duration: 01:46

  2. Origins of the Atlantic slave trade

    Duration: 00:43

  3. Working class and women abolitionists

    Duration: 01:35

  4. Wealth created by British slave traders

    Duration: 01:47

  5. Establishment opposition to the abolitionist movement

    Duration: 01:53

  6. The end of slavery

    Duration: 00:44

  7. Slave auctions

    Duration: 01:18

  8. Origins of the abolitionist movement

    Duration: 00:37

  9. Demand for slave labour in the New World

    Duration: 01:30

  10. The role of William Wilberforce in the abolition of slavery

    Duration: 00:46

  11. Life on board slave ships and the Zong massacre

    Duration: 01:51

  12. The triangular slave trade

    Duration: 01:48

  13. The African slave trade

    Duration: 01:48

  14. The influence of religion on the abolitionist movement

    Duration: 00:52

  15. The slave revolt in Haiti

    Duration: 01:23

  16. Scotland and the slave trade

    Duration: 01:18

  17. Former slaves and the abolition movement

    Duration: 00:57

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