1. What sort of positions in society did people of African origin have in the Tudor period?
2. Where is Almondsbury located? What is it like there today?
3. Where is the city of Bristol? What are some important facts about its history
during in the time of Shakespeare?
4. Research and discuss how Olaudah Equiano was a key figure in the Abolition
movement. Be sure to give the sources that you used.
5. Research salvage diving in Shakespeare's time and discuss. What kind of
goods did The Mary Rose carry? Be sure to give the sources that you used.
6. What was boxing like in Shakespeare's time? What blood sports were
popular? Discuss and give the sources that you used.
7. Research and discuss the Anglo-Moroccan Alliance mentioned on the
handout. What sources did you use for your research?
8. What exactly was involved when working in salt ponds as Mary Prince did? Be
sure to give the sources that you used for this information.