Watch as ‘Olaudah Equiano’ tells his fascinating story....
Children will handle a range of replica artefacts and take part in role plays that show the significance of the culture of Benin and other great African Kingdoms. They will get a sense of what was involved in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. As groups, the students will investigate sources to find out about some people linked to the Transatlantic slave trade in different ways and those who helped to end it.
The workshop will encourage pupils to start to think about what is meant by the British Empire and some links to local history. This highly interactive workshop gives pupils the chance to see how momentous events, that occurred at Gunnersbury Park House, had very far-reaching impacts.
