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The role of Zachary Macaulay in the abolition of slavery
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Activists mobilised public opinion in favour of abolition. They organised petitions, boycotts, mass rallies, public debate, legal injunctions and parliamentary actions. Zachary Macaulay was able to support the abolitionist cause with hard evidence and eyewitness accounts of the cruelty of slavery.
Classroom Ideas
Compare abolitionist tactics with later campaign methods and the workings of modern day pressure groups. Look in more detail at the life of Zachary Macaulay, the importance of religion to his campaigning for an end to slavery and his later governorship of Sierra Leone. Investigate some of the evidence provided by Macaulay that was integral to supporting the abolitionists aims.
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