The Virtual Library

Ancient Greeks | Anglo-Saxons | Aztecs | Black History | Celts | Egyptians | English Civil War | General History | Medieval | Native American Indians | Romans | Stuarts | Tudors | Victorians | Vikings | World War I | World War II

• Abolition of the Slave Trade 1807
  A detailed and informative history of how the slave trade in Britian was finally ended.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/
  
• Black Britons
  Brief biographies of famous Black Britons, including politicians, actors, sports personalities and journalists.
  http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/
  
• Black Presence
  Fantastic website full of information about Asian and Black History in Britain between 1500 and 1850. Virtual tours of black history in London, Bristol and Liverpool, plus early history of Africa, the Caribbean and India before the Europeans.
  http://www.[blackhistory]/index.htm
  
• Slave Trade
  A very informative site. It details personal accounts of slaves and lists campaigners against the slave trade, as well as the legislation both in Great Britain and the America.
  http://spartacus-educational.com/slavery.htm
  
• The Underground Railroad
  Follow one slave's frightening and dangerous escape from a farm in Maryland USA, to Canada and freedom during the 1850s.
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/