Year 9 · History · beta

The Haitian Revolution: what was its role in the abolition of the slave trade?

In this unit, pupils learn about the causes and conduct of the Haitian Revolution before reflecting on its role in the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807.

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Prior knowledge

  • Pupils know about the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
  • Pupils know that European powers colonised other countries, in order to be a part of their empires.
  • Pupils know that the lives of enslaved people were lives of suffering and oppression.

Source curriculum references

  • Identify significant events, make connections, draw contrasts, and analyse trends within periods and over long arcs of time
  • Understand historical concepts such as cause and consequence
  • Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901
  • At least one study of a significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments [for example, Mughal India 1526-1857; China’s Qing dynasty 1644-1911; Changing Russian empires c.1800-1989; USA in the 20th century]

Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.

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