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In it he questions whether the act to abolish slavery made any difference at all to the lives of thousands of displaced Africans and Afro Caribbeans.

He also looks at Bristol's slaving past and how the city's wealth was created on the back of human suffering.

But the poem Abolition 2007 also has a very positive message - Lawrence turns his thoughts to how society can learn from the past to finally put an end to slavery.