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Slavery Connection - Norfolk

Many leading abolitionists came from Norfolk: Thomas Buxton, Elizabeth Fry and the Norfolk Quakers all fought passionately for a complete end to slavery.

 
  • How did sugar help build Norfolk’s stately homes?
  • What was Norfolk’s connection to the trade?
  • Is slavery over in Norfolk?

Video Nation: Abolition

 

Junior Campbell reflects on the Caribbean hosting cricket's World Cup as the UK marks slavery's end.

Video Nation: Abolition

Paine's anti-slavery stand

 

Take a video tour of Thetford, Thomas Paine's birthplace, to find out about the man and his beliefs.

Paine's anti-slavery stand
 

Slavery: Norfolk's connections

 

The history books reveal that Norfolk played an extensive role on both sides of the slave trade.

Slavery: Norfolk's connections
 

Norfolk man led freedom fight

 

Thomas Fowell Buxton has yet to receive the attention he deserves in the epic fight for abolition.

Norfolk man led freedom fight
 

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