5/26/2023 0 Comments Black and british david![]() ![]() More information about connections between English Heritage sites and the transatlantic slave trade is coming soon. ![]() Subsequently in 2008, further research was carried out into four of the sites with the strongest connections to the slave trade: Brodsworth Hall, Bolsover Castle, The Grange at Northington and Marble Hill House. Evidence was also discovered of the presence of black servants at a number of sites. Six black Britons from very different backgrounds and viewpoints are coming together under one roof, to explore the experience of being black and British. ![]() Several properties had connections to both those who campaigned for abolition and those who politically opposed it. ![]() Twenty-six properties with some level of connection to slavery or abolition were identified.Ĭonnections included ownership of plantations, holding of official posts linked to the Caribbean, trade in goods produced by enslaved peoples, and owning of shares in slave trading companies. This report surveyed 33 properties that were built or occupied during the main period of the British transatlantic slave trade ( c.1640–1807). In 2007, to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the British transatlantic slave trade, English Heritage (now separately English Heritage and Historic England) commissioned research into the connections to slavery of English Heritage sites. Slavery Connections to English Heritage Sites ![]()
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