My Personal Reading Recommendations to Commemorate The Bi-centenary of the Abolition of Slave Trade act

On 25/03/07, millions of people around the world will gather together to commemorate 200 years of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act and raise awareness of modern day slavery. It is doubtful if slavery would have been abolished without the vigorous opposition of true Christians such as John Wesley and William Wilberforce who campaigned against it.

 

 

Classic Narratives/Ed. Henry Louis Gates Jnr./Signet Classics An excellent compilation of the following well-known slave narratives:

The Life of Olaudah Equiano. You may also want to check out Brycchan Carey's website on Equiano. Fascinating stuff.

 

 

 

This Immoral Trade/Cox & Marks/Monarch

 

 

Wilberforce/John Pollock/Kingsway

Further information:

www.afruca.org

http://www.brycchancarey.com/index.htm

http://www.black-history-month.co.uk/

http://www.setallfree.net/resources_current.html