A Year Exploring the Transatlantic Slave Trade — A 52-Week Cultural Learning Journal

Explore the history of the transatlantic slave trade through 52 carefully researched encounters with African societies, European expansion, forced migration, enslavement, resistance, abolition and the continuing legacy of slavery.

Spanning centuries and continents, this illustrated cultural learning journal examines how human trafficking became an organised economic system, the people and institutions responsible, and the lives of those who endured and resisted it.

Through historical documents, personal testimony, maps, archival evidence and guided reflection, discover a complex history of power, exploitation, resilience and the long struggle for freedom.

Section I — The Making of the System

Weeks 1–13

Examine the origins and expansion of Atlantic slavery, from African kingdoms and European trading networks to colonial plantations, commercial institutions and laws that transformed human beings into property.

Section II — Lives Under Enslavement

Weeks 14–26

Explore the experiences of enslaved Africans and their descendants through personal narratives, historical records and surviving cultural traditions. Discover how individuals maintained knowledge, relationships, identity and community under conditions of profound oppression.

Section III — Resistance and Abolition

Weeks 27–39

Trace the many forms of resistance, from individual acts of defiance and organised uprisings to revolutionary movements and abolition campaigns. Explore the people, events and political struggles that challenged the institution of slavery.

Section IV — Freedom and Its Afterlives

Weeks 40–52

Examine emancipation, its limitations and the continuing consequences of slavery. Explore struggles for equality, historical memory, cultural inheritance and contemporary questions surrounding justice and responsibility.

Inside the Experience

Your illustrated digital journal includes:

• 52 guided historical encounters spanning the Atlantic world.
• Four structured sections providing a connected year-long learning experience.
• Full-colour historical illustrations and maps supporting geographical and cultural understanding.
• Contextual and reflective essays examining historical evidence, institutions and human experiences.
• Primary-source encounters and guided activities encouraging critical historical understanding.
• 52 fillable Journal Notes pages and weekly reflection questions.
• Historical chronology, consolidated sources and interactive navigation supporting further exploration.

Undated and self-paced — begin whenever you choose.

Understanding History Through Human Experience

More than a conventional history guide, A Year Exploring the Transatlantic Slave Trade offers a sustained examination of one of history's most consequential systems of exploitation.

Discover the people, institutions, resistance movements and enduring legacies that shaped the Atlantic world — through evidence, historical understanding and thoughtful reflection.

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