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4. Look at Source 2a, b and c. Having been the largest slaving nation, Britain became a determined abolitionist power after 1833, using the Royal Navy to stop ships suspected of being slavers. These ...

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Join us for fantastic in-person events at The National Archives in Kew. We also host a full programme of online events, which can be enjoyed from the comfort of home. Plus, you can explore our family ...

This temporary installation to time with our Great Escapes exhibition displays photographs from the prisoner of war camp that was located on the site of The National Archives in Kew in 1945. The land ...

[This letter was written by Thomas Povey, a civil servant in the Naval Office who knew Samuel Pepys. The letter is to Joseph Williamson, an important politician in ...

We have become a founding member of EHRI-UK – the national body representing Holocaust-related collections in the United Kingdom. The other founding members are the Wiener Holocaust Library, the ...

Extract from the Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776. Catalogue ref: EXT 9/76 On the 4 July 1776, the American colonies issued a joint Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson.

Extract from The New Hampshire Gazette, entitled ‘Continental Congress to People of Great Britain’, 2 December 1774. Catalogue ref: CO 5/939 (2 of 4) ...

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