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From the 16th to the 19th century, millions of people in ... were taken from their homes and forced into lives of slavery.
Africa
By the late 18th century many people ... and wanted to stop it.
had realized this was wrong
These people became known as ‘abolitionists’ and together they ... in the history of our world.
helped demolish one of the cruellest systems
Here are ... who made a huge difference.
two of the men and women
One day in November 1759, the ... Arundel was sailing the West Indies
British ship
when a ... approached it, begging for help.
slave ship
Many of the slaves on the ship ... and the others were living in horrible conditions.
had died of disease
One person from the Arundel went to help — a young doctor called ...
James Ramsay.
He was ... by what he saw and he never ... this experience
horrified / forgot
Soon after this, he went to work on the ...
island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean.
There he enraged local businessmen as he helped the ... who worked for them and ...
slaves / treated them for injuries and disease.
He also worked as a ... and he insisted on opening his church up to slaves as well as the white people.
church minister
When Ramsay returned to ..., he wrote books about his experiences.
England
The vivid details he included ... many people.
shocked
He was also a huge influence on ..., the leader of the anti-slavery movement in the UK and a politician who worked ... to smash the laws and eventually succeeded in doing just that.
William Wilberforce / tirelessly
Mary Prince was born in Bermuda in ...
1788
