Christian Focus

Voices against Slavery: Writing Voices against slavery was a disturbing experience. It was shocking to read the cruel details of slavery and to realise how long it took to end the slave trade. It was also disturbing to realise afresh that slavery has never ended. The fight against this crime continues today.
To write this book I spent many months researching. I tried to visit places in the UK whose histories are linked to the slave trade. Perhaps the most moving experience was travelling to Sierra Leone in West Africa. Everywhere in Freetown are reminders of the people who fought for the abolition of the slave trade - their names are on road signs, buildings and name places. As I wrote this book I learnt so much from the people who have taken a stand against slavery. Their courage, determination and faith have shone through some of the darkest times in history.

Catherine House

Anthony Benezet, Elizabeth Heyrick, Baroness Cox, David Livingstone, Granville Sharp, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Olaudah Equiano, Samuel Sharpe, William Wilberforce.

You will know some of these characters and others will be new discoveries to you. With the increased interest in the Anti-slavery issue in the run up to the anniversary of the abolition of slavery act this book is a must for school libraries as well as prize givings. A new film on Wilberforce due to come out in 2006/2007 will mean that this issue will be prominent in people's minds.

Catherine MacKenzie, Author and CF4K Editor