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Commemorating the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act

Think your area had no connection to the history of slavery and abolition? Then think again. BBC Local teams have found stories in every corner and community of the United Kingdom.

 
  • From a sugar boycott in Cornwall to descendents of enslaved Africans in Cumbria, slavery has touched the lives of people across the UK.

El Mina

 

Sonia and Nash El Mina Thakker's link to the Slave trade isn't a matter of history.

El Mina

Welsh abolitionists

 

By the end of the 18th century many were campaigning for slavery's end.

Detail from Slaves fell The Ripe Sugar by painter William Clark
 

Amazing Grace

 

Choirs from Humber give their interpretation of this spiritual song.

A choir
 

A Slave's Story

 

A story of pain, tears , brutality and love. Specially recorded for radio.

Cast of a Slave's Story
 

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