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British Library: Discovering Literature: Travel, Colonialism and Slavery

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From Robinson Crusoe to the anti-slavery activism of Olaudah Equiano and the letters of Ignatius Sancho: explore a range of writing produced during an age of travel, trade and colonial conquest, in which Britain vastly expanded its Empire, fuelled by its involvement in slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.

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Concepts
consumerism, gulliver's travels, robinson crusoe
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abolition, anti-slavery activism, transatlantic slave trade, african writers, british library: discovering literature: travel, colonialism and slavery, ignatius sancho, olaudah equiano, oroonoko, slavery in britain, the rape of the lock, restoration/18th century british literature
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional