This Week in British History: 11th - 17th May

⛓A speech in Parliament from MP and anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce marks the beginning of the end for Slavery and the Slave Trade (1:01) 

🦠Dr Edward Jenner conducts the first documented vaccination against Smallpox by using a milder form of the disease. (5:20) 

🕰British Summertime is introduced for the first time, 1 year after the death of the man who's idea it had been,  William Willett.  (10:49)

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👸🏻The Fall of Anne Boleyn also continues this week -  Listen here 

⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ Further Reading and Watching Articles and Information relating to Compensation paid out to slave owners - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-colonial-shame-slave-owners-given-huge-payouts-after-abolition-8508358.html - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs//  To learn more about Lady Mary Montagu and the Spanish Flu pandemic, as mentioned in this week's episode join the British History Membership at https://www.britishhistorytours.com/membership  Photo of a child suffering smallpox (WARNING - you may find this image distressing) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Child_with_Smallpox_Bangladesh_edit.jpg  British Summer Time (Daylight Saving) https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/British-Summer-Time/

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