Students will learn about the development of the slave trade in the Americas from 1503, when the first slaves were brought to the Caribbean, to its abolition throughout the British Empire. This shameful story shows that slaving was a lucrative trade. For hundreds of years even devout Christians saw nothing wrong with it. Hands-on-history documents graphically depict the evils of the trade — see how slaves were jammed side-by-side on the ship Brookes, read ads selling slaves, and find how the world dealt with slavery. (4 broadsheets/timeline/8 hands-on primary source documents/guide).