1. The Online Slave Trail: Contents
There are four main features to the online Bristol Slave Trail:

• The Bristol Slave Trail
  
• Activities
  
• Links
  
• The Archive

The Bristol Slave Trail
There are seven themes in our slave trail which each provide the opportunity to visit several sites in Bristol with links to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.
Each of the seven sections opens with several short summary paragraphs, followed by the activities related to that theme; you can then choose to take the 'full tour' and find out about Bristol and the slave trade; or to jump to the next section.

Throughout the text there are terms in red which link to glossary 'pop-ups' and explanations of what some of the words mean. The glossed words are also available on one page, accessed by clicking the 'Glossary' link at the head of the page. There are a series of 'tell me more' activities which allow the reader to find out more about the subject, or to hear sound clips and see actors reading some of the extracts used within the text.

The Activities section of the site allows the reader to print out a copy of the sources and activities; the Archive is a collection of all of the sources and images available on the site so that readers can see, copy or download particular images or text for their own use.

Activities
The activities use a variety of original and secondary sources to offer the reader activities which can be completed online and away from a computer. Each of the activities can be downloaded and completed away from the computer terminal.
Some activities are suitable for younger pupils and others for older readers. Rather than set age limits and other restrictions we have left tasks without extensive teachers notes so that you can select which items best suit your needs.

Links
This section provides links to other sites of interest on the subject of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Please note that material on the Internet changes daily, and we recommend most strongly that you investigate all sites to which you might refer children and young people to ensure that you are happy with their content before allowing them access to the internet.

We also strongly advise that no totally open ended searches are allowed for younger students as, for example, searches using the term 'slave' can yield uncompromising and unpleasant results.

The Archive
The Archive is our collection of all of the primary images and textual accounts and other materials we have used within the site. This provides readers with the opportunity to access the materials and create items of their own, for example Powerpoint presentations and assessed work.