Why did Britain abolish slavery?

Writing an essay

• You are aiming to get a high level for History!• Level 3 is for basic description – listing facts etc• Level 4 is for starting to answer the question,

using the facts• Level 5 is for explaining the answer to the

question• Level 6 is for coming to a judgement on the

question overall (based on the evidence)

• Introduction: background to slavery• Paragraphs 1 and 2: on the role of Olaudah

Equiano and William Wilberforce• Paragraph 3: on the role of other people and

groups• Paragraph 4: on why some people were in

favour of slavery• Paragraph 5: on the law that end the slave

trade, the ‘Abolition of the Slave Trade Act’ (1807) and the ‘Slavery Abolition Act’ (1833)

• Conclusion: your overall answer, linking the reasons and prioritising the most important reasons why the slave trade was abolished