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Teaching How One Woman Pulled Off the First Consumer Boycott—and Helped Inspire the British to Abolish Slavery

How One Woman Pulled Off the First Consumer Boycott—and Helped Inspire the British to Abolish Slavery

Mass protests for racial justice during the summer of 2020 turned a spotlight on American businesses. As a result, some of them voiced their support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Others didn’t respond and faced consumer pressure.

Tom Zoellner, Professor of English, Chapman University
The Conversation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How did Elizabeth Heyrick help to achieve the end of slavery in the British Empire?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

1,2,3
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