The British anti-slavery movement was astonishing. It moved swiftly covering a country in less than one year's time. Equiano's book became a best seller and people were refusing to eat slave grown sugar .
An apparent question seems to be what effect did the industrial revolution of a country have on the countries take on slavery. Also did the geography of Britain effect the abolitionist movement. The road systems in England helped the mail service out greatly. England also had the fastest mail service in the world, letters could be received overnight. This made talk fast, and word traveled quick.
England also had free speech in newspapers and books. This meant that people could say what they want and little white lies grew into big white fables. Also with censorships people are constrained...Britain allowed for all writings to be published.
England also had debate clubs and coffee shops. This allowed for quick word of mouth communication and quick exchanges of information.
Also, a main contribution to the abolitionist movement was press gangs. Press gangs were allowed to take people and send them to war. With this in mind the Britain's felt enslaved themselves.
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