History A-Level
Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
What Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
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The abolitionist campaign whose cause Wedgwood supported from the 1780s and for which his firm manufactured the jasper medallion.
Topics that use Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
- 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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