The William Wilberforce Monument Fund is not just about lighting the monument, but also aims to increase awareness of the issue of slavery past and present, and the magnitude of what Wilberforce and others managed to achieve.
Below are links to inform about slavery both back at the time of Wilberforce and today.
Slavery in the past
Cape Coast Castle - a major slave castle in Ghana
Cape Coast Castle's Door of No Return
Free e-book: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself by Harriet Ann Jacobs
A comprehensive insight into transatlantic slavery
Information from the National Archives about African people before and during the slave trade
Slaves narratives
Explore this visual collection of images of the Slave Trade
Transatlantic Slave Trade – Abolition Project
Facts and Figures
Information about some Caribbean abolitionists
Information about some American abolitionists
Transatlantic slave trade routes, voyages - maps representing various aspects of the slave trade
Self study quiz giving an insight into individuals’ experiences
Transatlantic slave trade teaching resources including lesson plans
PDF - 2 April 1792 anti slavery debate in the House of Commons
PDF - Pro-slavery speeches in 1792
PDF - Slave trade abolition speeches in 1789
PDF - Wilberforce speech in 1789
Audio/visual range of slave narratives from former slaves – HBO
Museum of the African Diaspora
Impact of slave ownership on modern Britain
Lesson plan on the slave ship Zong
1933 Wilberforce centenary
Video of the opening of Hull’s Queen’s Gardens in 1935
Slavery in the present day
Slavery in the 21st Century
Products of modern day slavery
More Precious than Gold UNICEF 3 minute film about child trafficking
Guardian tips for teaching contemporary slavery
House of Commons Exhibition on Modern Day Slavery 2014
Resource for contemporary slavery (International Slavery Museum and partners)
Modern slavery teaching resources including lesson plans
Global Slavery Index 2013 - Estimates of people in slavery
Current government anti-slavery campaign
My Sleep is my Break – An Amnesty international report on Domestic Slavery April 2014
Human Trafficking Awareness - Salvation Army Toolkit
Education Packs
Teaching enslavement and its legacies across the curriculum - Anti-slavery International
Understanding Freedom Initiative
10 minute excerpt from the film Slave Routes: A Global Vision, UNESCO
World Study Before 1900
Wilberforce House 'My Learning' KS3 Resource
The Abolition Project
Secondary lesson plans KS3-4: slavery, trafficking and human rights
Assemblies KS3-4
Child Domestic Workers – Secondary Schools
War Child – lesson plans and resources age 9-11 ideal for citizenship
Assemblies KS1-2
Child Domestic Workers – Primary Schools
Fair’s Fair: Anti-Slavery – Global trade in sports
Maps of Africa - then and now
