'The Bristol Slavery and Abolition Trail'. Bristol is well known for its involvement in the African slave trade, but less well known is its role in its abolition. Bristol was home to a number of prominent abolitionists, many of whom were also involved in other causes such as women's, childrens' and workers' rights. This trail visits sites related to the slave trade and its abolition, but also to exploration, prison reform and other related issues. 2007 is the bicentenary of the Abolition of Slavery Act. This book hopes to encourage this anniversary to be a celebration of human rights and an appreciation of the people who worked to raise awareness of them. The trail starts in the university precinct and wanders round Central Bristol.
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Available from Arnolfini Gallery; Bristol Cathedral; Bristol Record Office; Circle Books, North St Bedminster; Stationery World, Park St; Wesley's New Room; Bloom & Curl Colston St; Stanfords, Clare St or ask for it in any bookshop
Many thanks to Grant Bradley Gallery who have decided tostop stocking local history books in time for Christmas.
or mail order send £4 to PO Box 2460 Bristol BS3 9WP.
ISBN NO. 978-0-9551010-2-1
'Eyebrows on Fire- Bristol and Abolition' was rushed into print in time for the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade and provides a welcome source of positive information on the city and its people. It expands on the previous book, 'The Bristol Slavery and Abolition Trail' puts Bristol and its people into the wider context of international abolition and includes a timeline. It discusses the importance of sailors and the Royal Navy in abolition, and the significance of the act to later human rights activities, especially womens' rights. Several fascinating but little known local characters are featured, such as John Weeks, whose memorial is on the cover, patriotic publican, coachmaster and supporter of good causes who appeared in one of many abolitionist plays at Bristol's Theatre Royal. Also Mary Robinson, who wrote abolition poetry but was mistress of the pro slavery MP Banaste Tarleton of Liverpool, and Elizabeth Blackwell, daughter of a sugar refiner and the world's first female doctor.
Available at Stationery World, Park St; Bristol Cathedral Shop; Wesley's New Room, Broadmead; Bristol Record Office; Bloom & Curl Colston St or ask for it in any book shop
Many thanks to Grant Bradley Gallery who have been so helpful in refusing to stock local history books over the Christmas period.
or mail order : send £4.50 to PO Box 2460. Bristol BS3 9WP
ISBN No. 978-0-9551010-3-8
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