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Introduction	Teachers Resource Book - Key Stage 3

Lesson 1	What is Slavery? What is a Slave?

Lesson 2	What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Where did the idea for it come from?

Lesson 3	How far did the slave trade affect the lives of people in Northampton ?

Lesson 4/5	Why is it so important for today’s school students to learn about the history of pre-colonial Africa?

Lesson 6	What were conditions like for Africans captured as slaves in Africa and on the Middle Passage?

Lesson 7	What were the experiences of enslaved Africans when they reached the Caribbean?

Lesson 8	What might life have been like on the plantations in Jamaica owned by the Bonds?

Lesson 9/10	How did African people try and free themselves from enslavement? Who was Sam Sharpe and how he is remembered?

Lesson 11/12	Who was William Knibb and why is he remembered in Northampton and the Caribbean?

Lesson 13	How do we know that people in Northamptonshire fought against the slave trade in the 18th century?

Lesson 14	Campaigns and individuals: Why and how was the slave trade abolished in 1807 in the British Empire?

Lesson 15	Who was the most important individual in ending slavery in the British Empire? How far has the role of individuals been interpreted differently?

Lesson 16	What part did the people of Northamptonshire play in the fight against slavery?

Lesson 17	What were the long term and shortterm effects of the slave trade in the British Empire? What was the legacy ofthe slave trade?

Lesson 18	How would the ending of the slave trade and slavery in the British Empire best be commemorated?

Lesson 19	How has the Black presence in Northamptonshire changed over time? How have Black people in Northamptonshire been treated over time? How have attitudes changed?

Lesson 20	What experiences have Caribbean people had when coming to Britain and Northamptonshire? What contribution have people from the Caribbean made?

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