Dear Peter,
It is a fantastic short, and we're really proud of Morayo and Moyo! The story is partly influenced by Ann, an escapee from up here who had a collar like the one made in the film. Hopefully the recognition for 1745 will get to the stage where they can do a full length film (but either way I think the sisters will be successful in the industry!).
The blog post about the escaped enslaved can be found here: http://runaways.gla.ac.uk/blog/
Thanks Marika!
Kind regards,
Nelson
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Nelson Chris Mundell
PhD Candidate and Research Assistant
History, School of Humanities
University of Glasgow
'Runaway Slaves in Britain: Bondage, Race and Freedom in the Eighteenth Century'
Twitter: @NelsonHistory
Personal blog: www.peculiaritiesinthepress.wordpress.com/
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From: The Black and Asian Studies Association [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Peter Freshwater [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 25 November 2017 16:27
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Subject: Re: runaway slave, Scotland
Thanks for this.
Has everyone see the short film 1745, about two runaway Black sisters in the Scottish Highlands. Made in Scotland, it premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival this year and has been winning awards and short-listings in festivals since. We are waiting for its publication on DVD soon.
Peter
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On 25 Nov 2017, at 08:30, MSherwood <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
A PhD student in Glasgow has found an advertisement for ‘a Black Slave Run away… a native of the East Indies, called Caesar….’ Caledonian Mercury, 22 June 1771
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