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In March 1807, the British Parliament passed an Act making the trading and transportation of slaves illegal. It was many years before slavery, as it was known then, was abolished, and slavery still continues today in different ways, but it was a big step forward towards the empancipation of a people. Malorie Blackman has drawn together some of the finest of today's writers and poets to contribute to this important anthology. Their short stories and poems sit alongside first-hand accounts of slavery from freed slaves, making a fascinating and absorbing collection that remembers and commemorates one of the most brutal and long-lasting inflictions of misery that human beings have inflicted upon other human beings.
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Slavery – an inhuman trade in human misery and suffering . . .
In March 1807, the British Parliament passed an Act making the trading and transportation of slaves illegal. It was many years before slavery, as it was known then, was abolished, and slavery still continues today in different ways, but it was a big step forward towards the empancipation of a people. Malorie Blackman has drawn together some of the finest of today's writers and poets to contribute to this important anthology. Their short stories and poems sit alongside first-hand accounts of slavery from freed slaves, making a fascinating and absorbing collection that remembers and commemorates one of the most brutal and long-lasting inflictions of misery that human beings have inflicted upon other human beings.
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Slavery – an inhuman trade in human misery and suffering . . .
Award-winning author
MALORIE BLACKMAN
has drawn together a riveting collection of stories, poems and first-hand recollections on the theme of slavery.
JohnAgard
Olaudah Equiano
Alex Haley
and
Benjamin Zephaniah
are among those whose work appears alongside an original story and foreword from Malorie herself.
Honour the past – and look toward a future in which all peoples of the world may live together in freedom.
Front cover photograph Robert Walker / Photonica / Getty Images
Back cover photograph William Huber / Stone / Getty Images
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