A number of free places subsidised by the Heritage Lottery Fund are now
available to students and Community Groupson a first-come, first served
basis.
If you are interested in taking up this offer and/or would like to make a
booking, please note the deadline is now Monday 1 October.
Chasing Freedom - Abolition 200 Conference
Saturday 6 October, 2007
Tickets £18 (Concessions £14)
As part of its contribution to Black History Month in October, the Royal
Naval Museum is hosting a major one-day conference investigating the slave
trade, its abolition and legacies.
The ‘Chasing Freedom - Abolition 200 Conference’ on Saturday 6th October
2007, is the latest in a series of events organised by the Museum in
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of
the slave trade in 1807.
A top panel of leading historians will consider the impact of the trade,
and the meaning of freedom for the enslaved, in the Caribbean, Brazil and
North America. It will also investigate its influence on the British
economy as well as examine the efforts of the Royal Navy and its men in
suppressing the trade post 1807.
Tickets cost £18 (£14 for concessions). There is also a limited number of
free tickets available to full-time students, thanks to funding from the
Heritage Lottery Fund.
The conference themes and speakers are:
Questioning Slavery and Abolition
Professor James Walvin, Professor Emeritus - History, University of York
Policing the Seas- The Navy’s role in the 19th Century
Dr Colin White, Director, Royal Naval Museum
Life on the West Coast of Africa Station
Jenny Wraight, Naval Historical Branch
The slow death or the Brazilian Slave Trade
Professor Dick Geary, Director, Institute for the Study of Slavery,
University of Nottingham
Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic World
Dr John Oldfield, Head of Education and Senior Lecturer in History,
University of Southampton
Suffer the Little Children – Slavery and its legacies for Caribbean
Children in the Diaspora
Dr Cecily Jones, Director, Centre for Caribbean Studies and Associate
Professor/Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Warwick
The Meaning of Freedom for Emancipation-Era African-Americans
Dr Richard Follet, University of Sussex and founding editor of the Journal
Atlantic Studies
The slave trade, the British economy and abolition
Professor David Richardson, Professor of Economic History, University of
Hull, and a member of the editorial board of Slavery and Abolition
For further information on the Chasing Freedom Conference and booking
details, please visit www.royalnavalmuseum.org. Alternatively,contact
Melanie Simpson at the Royal Naval Museum on 023 9272 7584, E-mail:
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‘Can we flatter ourselves that the mischief which the slave trade has
created will not be remembered for many ages to our reproach?’
Lord Grenville, Prime Minister, 1806
A special Bicentenary exhibition, ‘Chasing Freedom: The Royal Navy and the
Suppression of the Transatlantic Slave Trade’, is currently running at the
Museum.
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