This Jackdaw outlines the development of the slave trade from 1503, when the first slaves were taken to the Caribbean, to its abolition throughout the British Empire in 1833. The shameful story is told through documents, cartoons, photographs and engravings. Pages from the journal of a slave trader, which record the purchase of slaves and life on a slave ship, show that slaving was a lucrative trade and that for hundreds of years even the most devout Christians saw nothing wrong in it. (16 items, including a study guide).