Abolition Research Aricles

 I read a lot of articles/books on a variety of topics related to my books. And yes, there's always the (not so) occasional rabbit hole of research I fall down that spawn wonderful scenes or stories of their own.

Here I wanted to share 2 articles on the British Abolition Movement that I found very helpful in shaping Captain's Smuggler. Yes, of course there were American Abolitions that were just as influential, but my stories take place in England.

The Heroines of British Abolition: The most prominent of these heroines—among them Mary Wollstonecraft, Hannah More, Mary Morris Knowles, Elizabeth Heyrick, and Lucy Townsend—deserve to be remembered for their work and their boldness.

5 Black heroes of the Abolition Movement in Britain: Read the stories of five fearless writers and campaigners who fought to abolish slavery in Britain.

The ‘Am I not a Man and a Brother’ logo used by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, by Josiah Wedgewood 1787