About Slave Trade Abolition in Cambridgeshire & Suffolk (STACS)

The STACS project was part of a national programme of education events and activities marking the 200th anniversary of the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. With the work of abolitionists locally, nationally and internationally as an overarching theme, our year-long project focused on the roles played by Thomas Clarkson and Olaudah Equiano.
The project took three forms;

• Drama workshops with historical enactors in six secondary schools, exploring the roles of Thomas Clarkson and Olaudah Equiano within the abolition movement  creatively.
• A memorial design competition with presentations by Key Stage 3 students to panels of history experts, councillors and local VIPs on the following theme: Why should Ipswich and Cambridge remember Thomas Clarkson?
• Development and publication of innovative, tried-and-tested teaching resources, exploring the role of Clarkson and Equiano in local, national and international contexts.

The project was managed by the following Steering Group: Rev. Duncan Dormor, St John’s College (Chair); Caroline Marks, St John’s College (Finance); Dr. Helen Watson,  St John’s College, Admissions Tutor; Joan Foulds, Cambridgeshire Race Equality and Diversity Service; Derek Merrill, Suffolk Minority Ethnic and Traveller Achievement Team; Sylvan Carr, Ipswich Caribbean Association; Myrna Knights, Cambridge Caribbean Association; Sophie Weeks, Project Co-ordinator.

For further information about the project see http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/admissions/outreach_access/stacs/