Students from Bodmin College heard a presentation by Daniel Bedingfield on human trafficking in Minehead last Easter and were determined to do something about it. They decided to hold a concert to mark the abolition of slavery 200 years ago and raise awareness of the current problem of human trafficking. BBC Radio Cornwall's district reporter Michael Taylor was at the college, hear his radio report: The event will be held at St Petroc’s Church, Bodmin on Friday 16 March and the event will feature the College's nationally acclaimed Jazz Orchestra, various College dance groups, some dramatic readings and a guest appearance from Truro based “Speaking In Drums”. It was in 1807 that MP William Wilberforce, after 20 years of trying, finally got Parliament to abolish the slave trade in British ships. An historic sitting finally passed the Bill at 4am on 25th March 1807. It took a further 25 years of campaigning by Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, and many others to get slavery itself abolished in the British Empire. The music, dance and readings of the concert will explore the issues of slavery and freedom and will reflect the drive and motivation of the original abolitionists like Wilberforce. In Bodmin the Freedom Concert tickets, £5 for adults, £3 for students, go on sale from the College at the end of February. For further details phone Bodmin College on 01208 72114. | 
