History A-Level
abolition
What abolition means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of abolition
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Ending the slave trade, which followed decades of campaigning, petitions and parliamentary manoeuvring and was not achieved by the medallion alone.
Topics that use abolition
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 1 Josiah Wedgwood: china and canals, 1759–87 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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