Chapter Fifteen

This chapter was about the spread of the word. How the abolishinist used the new advances in technology to help their cause. They wanted to go out and stop slavery and the easiest way to was to use newspapers, magazine and books. British people were able to be aware of the horrifying thing known as slavery through first and second hand accounts. As newspapers were uncensored, they were able to write whatever they wanted to. This spread word fast of horrifying experiences. The word even traveled throughout European countries that were enslaving people like France. This spread was also helped greatly due to the best postal service, the British Postal Service was able to send letters back and forth to help stop slavery. Between newspapers, books, magazines, post office, the last great part about the new ways of spreading the information is through the coffee shops.