From the 16th to the 19th century, millions of people in ... were taken from their homes and forced into lives of slavery.
Africa
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
Lots of people read the book and it helped many ... about slavery.
change their minds
Mary Prince was born in Bermuda in ...
1788
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
The vivid details he included ... many people.
shocked
One person from the Arundel went to help — a young doctor called ...
James Ramsay.
As her mother and father were slaves, she was a slave, too. She was sold a total of ...
four times in her life.
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
Slavery was illegal in the UK, so she was free ... with the abolitionists.
to go and work
He also worked as a ... and he insisted on opening his church up to slaves as well as the white people.
church minister
By the late 18th century many people ... and wanted to stop it.
had realized this was wrong
Soon after this, he went to work on the ...
island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean.
These people became known as ‘abolitionists’ and together they ... in the history of our world.
helped demolish one of the cruellest systems
The first time with the rest of her family, but when she was 12, she was ... from them and went to work as a ....
separated / maid
He was ... by what he saw and he never ... this experience
horrified / forgot
There he enraged local businessmen as he helped the ... who worked for them and ...
slaves / treated them for injuries and disease.
When Ramsay returned to ..., he wrote books about his experiences.
England
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