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History FeaturesYou are in: Gloucestershire > History > History Features > The Abolition  Plaque on Stroud Memorial Arch The AbolitionBBC Gloucestershire's Simon Williams presents an audio documentary exploring the county's role in the slave trade and the fight against it. He also meets a group of local students fighting modern-day slavery. BBC Gloucestershire's Simon Williams marks the bicentenary of abolition with a documentary exploring the county's role in the fight against slavery.  The memorial arch in Stroud He visits some key locations on both sides of the struggle, including the UK's only remained monument to abolition - Stroud's Memorial Arch - and a building funded by the sale of humans. Simon also meets a group of comtemporary freedom fighters, students from Archway School who are fighting contemporary slavery at the UN in Geneva. Click the link below to listen. Help playing audio/video last updated: 01/04/2008 at 15:02 SEE ALSOYou are in: Gloucestershire > History > History Features > The Abolition 
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