Historian Hannah-Rose Murray describes how Frederick Douglass and other African American abolitionists toured Britain in the 19th century to campaign against slavery in the United States

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Explore more content from week four of our Regency course:

Slavery and Abolition, with Dr Lizzie Rogers – watching time 12 mins

The children who fought for the abolition of slavery – reading time 10 mins

The Haitian Revolution: the enslaved Africans who rose up against France – reading time 8 mins

Did George III support the slave trade? – reading time 7 mins

9 key places connected to the abolition of the British slave trade – reading time 13 mins

The Zong Massacre: what the dark episode meant for the British slave trade and abolition – reading time 8 mins

David Olusoga on the extraordinary story of Olaudah Equiano - reading time 10 mins

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