In the early years of the 19th century, recorded efforts by unions to improve the workers' conditions, through either negotiation or strike action, became more frequent. The efforts of Britain labor unions and social reformers were: to reduce the working day from 12 to 10 hours. The need of working people for economic and legal protection from exploiting employers.
The writings of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo are an important source of information on the slave trade because they are a first hand account of the slave trade by a slave.
