Looking into these websites, you will understand what slavery meant and how it did affect Africa and African people. You will understand why it was so important for the European economy and try to find the dates of abolition. At last, try to discover the links between slavery and the United-States and how this « trade » helped to build America.

Useful websites

Website for (British) children

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/freedom/

Site of a museum, look at the slave's stories

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/

The story of a Danish slave ship

http://www.unesco.no/fredensborg/index.htm

Another docuymentrary on a wrecked ship (lots of photos)

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0208/feature4/index.html

BBC (clear, simple but not for children so don't worry if you don't understand!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/abolition/

Site of Bristol, a slave port like Nantes or Bordeaux in France

http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/

Very interesting site but quite difficult

http://www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/