Packaging Liberty and Marketing the Gift of Freedom: 1807 and the Legacy of Clarkson's Chest.

The article presents a perspective on importance of the passage of a bill to abolish the slave trade in Great Britain. Many have questioned about why Britain has decided to set exhibitions and events commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of tile passage of a piece of compromised and well overdue legislation. These shows celebrate the passing of a law is still generally seen as a phenomenal achievement expressive of superior British morality and religious devotion.