Conway Hall Ethical Society presents:
**Freedom’s Debt: The Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade (1672 – 1752)**
Speaker: Dr William Pettigrew, University of Kent
Tuesday 6th October @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | £3 - £5
Venue: Conway Hall 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL United Kingdom
This event is the first in the series of eight talks titled "The British Business of Slavery", curated by Deborah Lavin.
First Prime Minister of the London Empire: William Beckford, Jamaican Planter & Lord Mayor of London (1709 – 1770)
Tuesday 13th October @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Law’s Ambiguous Struggle with Slavery
Tuesday 20th October @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
George Hibbert M.P. (1757-1837) and the Defence of British Slavery
Tuesday 27th October @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Unfortunate Colonel Despard: "Governor of Belize", Anti-racist, Democrat, Executed as a Traitor 1803
Tuesday 3rd November @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Slavery and the Shaping of British Culture
Tuesday 24th November @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
A British-Owned Congo: Roger Casement’s Battle with Slavery in Peru (1910-1914)
Tuesday 1st December @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Identifying Unfinished Business: The UK Modern Slavery Act (2015)
Tuesday 8th December @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
http://conwayhall.org.uk/event/freedoms-debt/
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