Monday, 1 October 2012 -
Monday, 12 November 2012
A free exhibition and workshop by the Department of History, University College London
What is London's debt to slavery? Alongside Bloomsbury's associations with literary and cultural gentility runs a less comfortable story of exploitation and oppression, with many British colonial slave-owners settling in the area's streets and squares in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many of these people lived in Marylebone, Bloomsbury and Holborn, which became the centre of their business activities and social lives in Britain.
But slavery was only part of the 19th century connections between Africans and the area, and the exhibition also celebrates these other African presences.
The exhibition is organised by the Legacies of British Slave-ownership project at UCL. A workshop on 3rd November from 2pm to 4pm will provide an overview of the evidence and introduce new resources for further study. Places at the workshop are limited and available on a first-come first-served basis.
For information on participating, email lbs@ucl.ac.uk
Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre
2nd Floor, Holborn Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PA
Picture shows George Hay Dawkins Pennant (1760-1840), 'owner'of 764 enslaved people in 1834 (Portrait by Charles Basebe, image courtesy of Christie's/Bridgeman Art)
What is London's debt to slavery? Alongside Bloomsbury's associations with literary and cultural gentility runs a less comfortable story of exploitation and oppression, with many British colonial slave-owners settling in the area's streets and squares in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many of these people lived in Marylebone, Bloomsbury and Holborn, which became the centre of their business activities and social lives in Britain.
But slavery was only part of the 19th century connections between Africans and the area, and the exhibition also celebrates these other African presences.
The exhibition is organised by the Legacies of British Slave-ownership project at UCL. A workshop on 3rd November from 2pm to 4pm will provide an overview of the evidence and introduce new resources for further study. Places at the workshop are limited and available on a first-come first-served basis.
For information on participating, email lbs@ucl.ac.uk
Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre
2nd Floor, Holborn Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PA
Picture shows George Hay Dawkins Pennant (1760-1840), 'owner'of 764 enslaved people in 1834 (Portrait by Charles Basebe, image courtesy of Christie's/Bridgeman Art)