The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British empire | Africa
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If you have looked at the first case study in this gallery, you will have seen sources that
give a British view of life in the British empire. In this case study you will examine a range
of sources that look at life in Africa under British rule. Study each of the sources carefully
and look for ways in which they support or contradict the views given in the first case
study.
Create your own Online Exhibition about ‘Living in the British empire’, using the sources and worksheet provided.
The Background will help with an introduction to Africa as part of the British empire.
1. Figures on the South
African economy, 1845
2. Document on stopping
the slave trade, 1850
3. Extract by Dr
Livingstone on Africans,
1856
4. Extract by Dr
Livingstone on disease,
1872
5. Map of slave trading
routes in Africa, 1889
6. Report on action
against slavery, 1895
7. News report on events
in South Africa, 1897
8. Meeting of British and
Boer leaders, 1899
9. Photo of colonial police
officers, c.1900
10. Photo of Boer War
casualties, 1900
11. Political manifesto,
South Africa, 1929
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The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 1
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Government figures on the economy of South Africa, 1845
(PRO ref: CO 386/155)
1b
1a
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give of life in the British empire in terms of the following issues:
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the benefits of economic development in the empire?
the economic benefits of the empire to Britain?
the campaign against slavery?
2 Explain whether you think this source gives a positive or negative view of the empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in your own online exhibition?
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Source 1a
Government figures on the economy of South Africa, 1845
(PRO ref: CO 386/155)
Source 1b
Government figures on the economy of South Africa, 1845
(PRO ref: CO 386/155)
The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 2
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Extract from an Admiralty document of 1850 on ways to stop the slave trade
(PRO ref: ADM 7/606)
2a
2b
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give
of life in the British empire in terms of
the following issues:
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the campaign against slavery?
the methods used to stop the
slave trade?
the commitment of the British to
stopping the slave trade?
2 Explain whether you think this source
gives a positive or negative view of the
empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in
your own online exhibition?
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Source 2a
Extract from an Admiralty document of 1850 on ways to stop the slave trade
(PRO ref: ADM 7/606)
Source 2b
Extract from an Admiralty document of 1850 on ways to stop the slave trade
(PRO ref: ADM 7/606)
The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 3
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Extract from a report of 1856 by the explorer Dr Livingstone on his experiences with Africans
(PRO ref: FO 881/657)
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give of life in the British empire in terms of the following issues:
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the treatment of native peoples in the British empire?
attitudes towards the native peoples?
2 Explain whether you think this source gives a positive or negative view of the empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in your own online exhibition?
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The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 4
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Extract from a report written by Dr Livingstone commenting on disease, 1872
(PRO ref: FO 881/2060)
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give of life in the British empire in terms of the following issues:
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the treatment of native peoples in the British empire?
attitudes towards the native peoples?
2 Explain whether you think this source gives a positive or negative view of the empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in your own online exhibition?
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The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 5
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Map of Africa showing the main slave trading routes in 1889
(PRO ref: FO 925/356)
Study this source carefully.
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The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 5
1 What impression does this source give of life in the British empire in terms of the following issues:
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the campaign against slavery?
how the slave trade worked in the later 1800s?
the methods used to stop the slave trade?
the commitment of the British to stopping the slave trade?
any benefits which resulted from British rule?
2 Explain whether you think this source gives a positive or negative view of the empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in your own online exhibition?
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The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 6
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Extract from a government report on action against slavery in East Africa, 1895
(PRO ref: CAB 37/40/45)
6a
6b
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give
of life in the British empire in terms of
the following issues:
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the treatment of native peoples in
the British empire?
attitudes towards the native
peoples?
the campaign against slavery?
Britain's commitment to stopping
slavery?
2 Explain whether you think this source
gives a positive or negative view of the
empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in
your own online exhibition?
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Source 6a
Extract from a government report on action against slavery in East Africa, 1895
(PRO ref: CAB 37/40/45)
Source 6b
Extract from a government report on action against slavery in East Africa, 1895
(PRO ref: CAB 37/40/45)
The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 7
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Extract from a newspaper report on events in South Africa in 1897
(PRO ref: DO 119/33)
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give
of life in the British empire in terms of
the following issues:
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the treatment of native peoples in
the British empire?
whether native people were
involved in running their own
countries?
the attitude of Boer settlers
towards the native Africans?
2 Explain whether you think this source
gives a positive or negative view of the
empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in
your own online exhibition?
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The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 8
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Extracts from the report of a meeting in 1899 between a senior British official and the Boer leader Paul Kruger
(PRO ref: DO 119/556)
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give of life in the British empire in terms of the following issues:
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the British giving independence to some countries in the empire?
the relationship between the British government and the settlers?
2 Explain whether you think this source gives a positive or negative view of the empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in your own online exhibition?
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The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Australia | Source 9
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A poster entitled 'Advance Australia' produced in 1901
(PRO ref: COPY 1/179)
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give
of life in the British empire in terms of
the following issues:
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the relationship between the
British government and the
settlers?
the British giving independence to
some countries in the empire?
the migration of British people to
different parts of the empire?
2 Explain whether you think this source
gives a positive or negative view of the
empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in
your own online exhibition?
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The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 10
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Photograph showing casualties in an early battle of the Boer War, 1900
(PRO ref: COPY 1/453 pt1)
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give of life in the British empire in terms of the following issues:
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the British giving independence to some countries in the empire?
the relationship between the British government and the settlers?
2 Explain whether you think this source gives a positive or negative view of the empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in your own online exhibition?
Background | Online Exhibition
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The National Archives Learning Curve | British Empire | Living in the British Empire | Africa | Source 11
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Memo about a political manifesto published in South Africa in 1929
(PRO ref: CO 323/1034/8)
Study this source carefully.
1 What impression does this source give
of life in the British empire in terms of
the following issues:
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●
●
the treatment of native peoples in
the British empire?
whether native people were
involved in running their own
countries?
the benefits of economic
development in the empire?
the British giving independence to
some countries in the empire?
2 Explain whether you think this source
gives a positive or negative view of the
empire.
3 Are you going to use this source in
your own online exhibition?
Background | Online Exhibition
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http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/empire/g2/cs3/g2cs3s11.htm
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