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Who was the leader of the abolitionist movement?

Newspapers reported that even in Bristol, a port city with a harbor filled with slave ships, "the popular sentiment has been very strongly expressed against the continuance of that traffick in human flesh.". William Wilberforce, another leader of the abolitionist cause, felt the new mood in his country.

What was the connection between slavery and freedom?

Sugar was the connection, the tie, between slavery and freedom. In order to create sugar, Europeans and colonists in the Americas destroyed Africans, turned them into objects. Just at that very same moment, Europeans—at home and across the Atlantic—decided that they could no longer stand being objects themselves.

What did the British do in the 1800s?

In the early 1800s, the British controlled most of the sugar plantations of the Caribbean and the sea routes to Europe. As a result, their rivals were desperate to find a new way to create sugar. They turned to beets. It provides background on how a family from Russia got into the sugar business.

When was slavery abolished in the United States?

Slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1833, thirty years before the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States. But even after they freed their slaves, the sugar plantation owners were desperate to find cheap labor to cut cane and process sugar. So the British owners looked to another part of the empire—India—and recruited thousands ...

When did the Champagne Fairs start?

Starting around 1150 , the six Champagne fairs became the one place where Europeans could buy and sell products from the surrounding world—a first step in connecting them to the riches and tastes beyond. Fortress Europe was slowly opening up. "guaranteed the safety of any merchant".

Where did Islam spread?

From there, Islam spread through North Africa along the Mediterranean, across to the Iberian Peninsula, and over to France.

What does it mean to leave India?

Leaving India truly meant giving up your home; yet for some—for my family—that was their only chance for a better life. The details about families leaving for a better life inform readers about the status of the author's family. An introductory section that sets up a lengthy text is a. prologue.