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NON-FICTION

  • set all free, with The Stapleford Centre and RMEP, is developing three KS2/KS3 pupils' books in RMEP's Faith in Action series:
    • with an accompanying teacher's CD resource and assembly outlines
      Due Autumn 2006:
    • Son of Africa ? the story of Olaudah Equiano and the campaign against the slave trade
    • Fighting for Freedom ? the story of Sam Sharpe, Nat Turner and John Brown
    • Freedom Now! ? the story of Cecilia Flores-Oebanda
    • set all free Special Discount Pack: CD + 1 copy each of the three books
  • Church study resource pack for 2007 by set all free, CAFOD, CMS, USPG, Tearfund, Action of Churches in Scotland
  • Act to End Slavery Now, Anti-Slavery International and Churches Together in England, 2006
  • Advent Prayer, an Evangelical Alliance initiative, is a daily prayer guide for use during the build up to Christmas. This year the guide will focus on the abolition of slavery both from a historical and present day viewpoint. A single free copy can be downloaded from www.eauk.org/prayerguide or bulk copies purchased on the same website or by phoning .
  • Anti-Slavery International '1807-2007: over 200 years of campaigning against slavery'
  • Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce ? Aitken, Jonathan, Crossway Books 2007.
  • Bible Sunday materials ? web-based and hard copy Bible Sunday materials for church leaders. Contact Lindsay Shaw, Bible Society,
  • Black England, Life Before Emancipation, Gerrzina, G, 1999, Allison & Busby.
  • Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire, Walvin, Blackwell Publishers, 2001.
  • The Black Jacobins ? Toussaint L?Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, James, C L R, Penguin Books, 2001.
  • Black Slaves in Britain, Shyllon, F O, Oxford University Press, 1974.
  • Black Theology in Transatlantic Dialogue, Reddie, Anthony G, 2006. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery, edited by Dresser, M and Giles, S, Bristol Museums & Art Gallery.
  • Britain?s Slave Empire, James Walvin, Tempus, 2000
  • Britain?s Slave Trade, Martin, Steve & Phillips, Trevor, Channel Four Books, London, 1999.
  • Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to abolish the slave trade, Adam Hochschild, Macmillan, 2005
  • Capitalism and Slavery, Williams, Eric. Andre Deutsch,1964.
  • Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World: A Student Reader, Shepherd, V and Beckles, H M, James Currey publishers, 2000.
  • Christianity magazine articles; six monthly articles in Christianity magazine from Autumn 2006 on issues and themes relating to the bicentenary, Contact John Buckeridge,
  • Colour, Class and the Victorians, Lorimer, D Holmes & Meier, 1978.
  • DIGNITY: sing out against slavery CD of spoken word and music, together with songbook of traditional and new music. Contact Ali Bullivent at
  • Equiano: A Son of Africa DVD ? volume 1, Aimimage Productions, telephone /font>
  • Hero for Humanity, Belmonte, Kevin, Navpress, 2006.
  • The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African various editions
  • The Mighty Experiment, Seymour Drescher, Oxford, 2002
  • The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Penguin, 2005.
  • John Newton: A slave set free, Howat, I, Christian Focus Publications, 2003.
  • Liverpool ? Capital of the slave trade, Cameron, G and Crooke, S, Picton Press, 1992.
  • Making the Black Atlantic Britain and the African Diaspora, Walvin, J, Leicester University Press, 2000.
  • Negroes in Britain Little, K, Routledge, 1998.
  • Out of Slavery, Foster, Nardia.� Redcliffe Publishing, Bristol, 2004.
  • Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, Leary, Dr Joy, Uptone Press 2005.
  • Radical Narratives of the Black Atlantic, Rice, Alan. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003.
  • Rough Crossings, Simon Schama, BBC Books 2005
  • Scotland and the Abolition of Black Slavery, 1756-1838, White, Iain. Edinburgh University Press, 2006.
  • Setting the Scene for 2007, set all free
  • The Slave Trade: The History of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440-1870, Hugh Thomas, Macmillan, 1997
  • Slaves who abolished slavery Vol 1 Blacks in Bondage, Hart, R, Institute of Social & Economic Research, University of the West Indies Press, 1980.
  • Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain, Fryer, P, Pluto Classics, 1984.
  • Thomas Clarkson ? A Biography, Gibson Wilson, Ellen, Palgrave Macmillan, 1990.
  • Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of Slavery and the Commerce of the Human Species London 1787, Cuguano, O. Penguin Books Australia, 1999.
  • The Unchaining Word study pack for churches based on Wilberforce's inspiration for campaigning by the Church. Contact Lindsay Shaw, Bible Society,
  • Voices against Slavery ? book on ten Christians who spoke out for freedom. Contact Christian Focus Publications,
  • Voices from Slavery, Chike, Chigor ? London, 2007
  • When We Ruled, Walker, Robin, Every Generation Media, London, 2006.
  • Wilberforce, John Pollock, Kingsway, 1977
  • The Wilberforce Connection, Clifford Hill
  • William Wilberforce: The Freedom Fighter, Bingham, D, Christian Focus Publications 1998,

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FICTION

  • 47 - Mosley, W. Little, Brown & Company, 2005.
  • A Harlot?s Progress - Dabydeen, D. Cape, London, 1999
  • A Respectable Trade - Philippa Gregory
  • Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade - Manu Herbstein
  • Ancestors ? Paul Crooks. BlackAmber Books 2002,
  • Beloved - Toni Morrison
  • Cambridge - Caryl Phillips
  • Roots - Alex Haley
  • Sacred Hunger - Barry Unsworth
  • Uncle Tom's cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe

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FILMS

  • Amistad ? Stephen Spielberg, 1997Glory - DVD released 2000
    • free Glory downloadable PDF study guide from Film Education www.filmeducation.org/resources.html
  • Roots DVD released 2002
    • free Amistad downloadable PDF study guide from Film Education www.filmeducation.org/resources.html

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MUSEUMS

  • The Beacon Museum, The West Strand, Whitehaven,
    Cumbria CA28 7LY
    Tel. ; http://www.copelandbc.gov.uk/ms/www/thebeacon/The-Museum.htm
  • Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3DH
    Tel. ; www.bmag.org.uk
  • Black Cultural Archives, 1 Othello Close, Kennington,
    LONDON SE11 4RE
    Tel.
  • Bristol Museums, Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol BS1 4RN
  • British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol, Station Approach, temple Meads, Bristol BS1 6QH
    Tel. http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk/
  • The Cowper & Newton Museum, Orchard Side, Market Place, Olney, Bucks MK46 4AJ
    Tel. ; www.cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.uk
  • Lancaster Maritime Museum, Custom House, St George's Quay, Lancaster LA1 1RB
    Tel. ;
    www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/museums/lancaster/maritime.asp
  • Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4AQ
  • The Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN
  • National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
    Tel. ; www.nmm.ac.uk\
  • Wilberforce House Museum, High Sreet, Hull HU1 1NQ
  • Wisbech & Fenland Museum (Clarkson) Museum Square, Wisbech PE13 1ES

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