This exhibition presents a variety of original documents
and images highlighting the story of the abolition of slavery between
1787 and 1865 in England and America. Each item has its own historic
significance as well as a place in the broader progress of abolitionist
thinking, from the moment William Wilberforce joined the British abolition
campaign through the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Although
its implementation proceeded in fits and starts, abolitionism was
an idea whose force ultimately proved unstoppable across the English-speaking
world.
- James G. Basker
