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Thomas Clarkson’s campaign chest

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Exterior of Clarkson’s chest

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Interior of chest with drawers closed

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Drawers opened showing spices, seeds and fruits

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Objects 1: woven goods, trinkets

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Objects 2: leather bags

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Objects 3: sandals, wooden cup, bark or wooden containers, cloth sample, bracelet, dagger

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Thomas Clarkson’s Box

Source: museumbox.e2bn.org

Thomas Clarkson’s Box, an interactive site with images and information about the contents of the chest.

Visit the site http://museumbox.e2bn.org/creator/viewer/show/34

Images of objects from the chest

Source: gallery.nen.gov.uk

Visit the site http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery1122-abolition.html

Portrait of Thomas Clarkson

Source: collections.rmg.co.uk

Visit the site http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/254782.html

Painting showing the planting of sugar cane

Source: collections.rmg.co.uk

Visit the site http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/255187.html

The Abolition Project

Source: abolition.e2bn.org

The Abolition Project: a comprehensive range of classroom resources for teaching about slavery and abolition, including topics such as resistance and campaigning.

Visit the site http://abolition.e2bn.org/index.php

Abolitionist print

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Abolitionist print probably produced to celebrate the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833.

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Receipt

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Receipt submitted to the British government in 1834 as a claim for compensation for cost of freeing enslaved people in Guyana.

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Revealing histories: Who resisted and campaigned for abolition?

Source: revealinghistories.org.uk

Visit the site http://revealinghistories.org.uk/who-resisted-and-campaigned-for-abolition/objects.html,page2

Painting of Haitian Revolution

Source: gallery.nen.gov.uk

Visit the site http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery1205-.html

Understanding slavery: resistance and rebellion

Source: understandingslavery.com

Visit the site http://www.understandingslavery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=147&Itemid=257

The Abolition of British Slavery

Source: bbc.co.uk

Interactive Map

Visit the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/map/index.shtml#

Anti-slavery International

Source: antislavery.org

Anti-slavery International works to eliminate all forms of slavery around the world today.

Visit the site http://www.antislavery.org/english/

Outside the classroom



Here are some relevant museums and sites to visit.

Wisbech & Fenland Museum

Source: wisbechmuseum.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/

London, Sugar and Slavery at Museum of London Docklands

Source: archive.museumoflondon.org.uk

Visit the site http://archive.museumoflondon.org.uk/LSS/

International Slavery Museum, Liverpool

Source: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/index.aspx

Bristol People at M Shed, Bristol

Source: bristolmuseums.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed/whats-at/bristol-people/

National Maritime Museum, London

Source: rmg.co.uk

The Atlantic: slavery, trade, empire.

Visit the site http://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/atlantic-worlds

Georgian House Museum, Bristol

Source: bristolmuseums.org.uk

Visit the site http://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/georgian-house-museum/

Wilberforce House, Hull

Source: hullcc.gov.uk

Visit the site http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,631432&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

British Museum

Source: britishmuseum.org

Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org
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Thomas Clarkson’s campaign chest