The face of Britain is transformed by the industrial revolution but our documents show as many protests as patents. As the British Empire expands so our records grow to cover the furthest corners of the globe.
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19th century prison ships
What do these documents reveal about attitudes to crime and punishment?
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1833 Factory Act
Did it solve the problems of children in factories?
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1834 Poor Law
What did people think of the new Poor Law?
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Bussa’s rebellion
How and why did the enslaved Africans of Barbados rebel in 1816?
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Captain Cook in Hawaii
What happened on his final voyage?
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Chartism on trial
Why did some people become Chartists?
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Children in the mines
Can you help the commissioner gather evidence on life in the mines?
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French Revolution
How did the British react to July 1789?
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Helyntion Beca (Cymraeg/Welsh)
Beth a ddigwyddodd yn ystod
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Rebecca riots
What happened during them?
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Selling the Victorians
Victorians for sale! Has advertising changed from Victorian times?
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Slavery
How did the Abolition Acts of 1807 and 1833 affect the slave trade?
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This Evil Trade: Olaudah Equiano and abolition
Can you find evidence that will support Equiano's argument for abolition?
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Virtual classroom taster
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What is history? (KS2)
How do historians know what to believe?
