About The Collection
The website
The Recovered Histories website gives an insight into the history of enslavement and those who fought to maintain and abolish it.
The and supplementary texts within Recovered Histories covers a century of campaigning in Europe and America, capturing the voices of the enslaved, enslavers, slave ship surgeons, abolitionists, parliamentarians, the clergy, planters and rebels. It chronicles enslavement as an institution and a way of living, the brutality and horror of it, the Middle Passage and triangular trade, arguments condemning and supporting it, evidence gathered to present to Parliament, illustrations of life on the plantations, and details of rebellions in the Caribbean and the attempts by many enslaved Africans to liberate themselves and become self determinate. The application of the Bible to abolitionist and pro-slavery arguments, Parliamentary speeches and evidence against the system of apprenticeship is also featured.
The writings of British abolitionists Thomas Clarkson, Zachary Macaulay, James Ramsay, James Stephen, Elizabeth Heyrick and William Wilberforce can all be found here, as well as their American counterparts, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass and Angelina Grimke.
Users can , by keyword, title, author or date; or simply browse the collection from beginning to end.
The site provides a wealth of resources for those interested in studying the Transatlantic Slave Trade and also provides a starting point for those who have little or no knowledge of Britain’s involvement in the trafficking of Africans and the abolition movement.
Key narratives have been identified, enabling the reader to easily navigate through the texts thematically (Africa, Capture and Enslavement etc) , whilst background pages provide context, activities encourage understanding, and a glossary explains unfamiliar terminology.
The Timeline Tour encourage browsers to use the site by demonstrating the collections relevance to historical events and themes.
There is also an educational resources list for those who wish to learn more.
Partners in the Recovered Histories project, ODAC UK have used these resources to produce animations (coming soon) and comics to bring the narratives to life.
Anti-Slavery International encourages users to create their own resources using this site as raw material.
The Recovered Histories Outreach Programme
12 hard copy exhibitions will support a comprehensive outreach programme in the United Kingdom targeted at community groups, schools and the general public. These build upon the increase in interest that has emerged during the 2007 bicentenary of the passing of the parliamentary Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The hardcopy exhibitions will be available for use at public meetings, awareness-raising seminars, school conferences, community group events and as part of static displays in museums, libraries and other public spaces across the UK.
These materials will be available from September 2007 and are of great value in helping people to understand more about the historical realities of slavery and the legacies that impact on our world today.
Anti-Slavery International is looking for partners who wish to use these resources in organising events or in the creation of their own resources. For further information please contact Angelina Osborne at
Recovered Histories Project Partners and acknowledgements
DEED Dorsets Development Education Centre
Heritage Lottery Fund
Museum in Docklands
ODAC-UK promote awareness of African and Caribbean art, heritage and commerce
Rendezvous of Victory heritage learning Movement
Website contact
Contact with any technical issues.
Please use the link on the pamphlet pages to report any defects in the scanned documents.
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