Session 1: Introduction

This will be an introduction to the module, giving an overview of its themes and key questions. We will discuss the handbook, assessment and seminars as well as dividing up work for the next sessions.

Though not an academic monograph, this popular history provides a readable overview of the historical events we will be looking at over the next few weeks:
Hochschild, A. Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery (2006).

James Walvin’s books also provide good and readable introductions:
Walvin, J. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery (1993).
Walvin, J. Questioning Slavery (1996).