Looking for a school trip that explores the Abolition of Slavery?

Want to make local historical links for your students?

Come and see what Moggerhanger Park can offer your KS3 pupils Moggerhanger Park provides local historical links to the Abolitionists of Thornton and Wilberforce, and the Abolition of the European Slave Trade in 1807.

The visit gives students the opportunity to :

• Experience the hold of a slave ship (from the organisers of The Zong exhibition in London, 2007)
• Explore and handle artefacts from the slavery period
• Feel what it was like to carry the heavy weight of the manacles
• Explore this part of history through drama, discussions and the exhibition

Developing and enhancing local history