Reveal/reflect/redress Lancaster’s memorialisation of its UK transatlantic slavery trading role.
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We're excited to introduce The three Sophias - a next step in the journey to address the legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade- until 7th December (and then 7.1.24-31.1.24). Read more - lancasterpriory.org/news/fac… @FacingPast @cofelancs @HeritageFundUK @EducAidSL
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Yesterday I had the pleasure to take part in a series of events for the @FacingPast exhibition catalogue launch. Professor Alan Rice of @IBAR_UCLan opened the day with a thoughtful and informative tour and it was great to speak alongside colleagues like @KirstyFitz86 1/
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Taking part in the 6 week Facing the Past programme.
I learned so much like the fact that we should use the term ‘enslaved Africans’ not ‘slaves’
Here’s my experience on the walking trail.
(Not quite sure why it skips from 5 to 7 myself)
I still need to see Lela’s exhibit🫣 – at Hillingdon, London
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Voices from the Past and Present: Three Talks on Slavery, Migration, and Language
Click here to join on Teams: shorturl.at/GXZ78
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A snippet from @GBRJ_Official episode last night, where they visited us and the @MaritimeMuseum_ archive centre.
Here, Michael Portillo is speaking with Jean-Francois Manicom about the horrific journey and conditions on slave ships.
Setting the historical scene for this epis
With the creation of the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool is making important steps to recognising and confronting its past.
#GreatCoastalRailwayJourneys | @NML_Muse
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“My ancestors profited from slavery. Here’s how I am starting to atone for that”- brilliant from @axrenton (& do read his excellent book Blood Legacy) theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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On 31 March 2023 all 3 schools participating in the @FacingPast project came together at Central High School to present their collective ideas on memorialisation to their peers, staff, facilitators and stakeholders.
#facingthepast @RipleyHistory @RSTREdept
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For the 'Time to Breath' Programme this week, young people learnt about the about the heritage our city holds & its involvement in the trans-Atlantic slavery trade.
Jessica from @FacingPast discussed the digital maps concept, working with different community...
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Unlocking the Satterthwaite Archive – Alanah’s Collaborative PhD Project with @LancasterBlack @SociologyLancs @LancasterHistor @LancasterUniLib lancasterblackhistorygroup.c…
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EXHIBITION: Facing the Past
Portraits of 18thC Black Lancastrians by artist Lela Harris - the outcome of a collaboration between @LancsMuseums & Lancaster Black History Group @LancasterBlack
30th March to 5th Nov 2023
Judges' Lodgings Museum, Lancaster
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One of those 'if you read anything' moments. An excellent and true account of @guardian's links to slavery - how it shaped the newspaper, Manchester and the history of Britain.
This history matters! ‘That reality can’t be negotiated with.’ @DavidOlusoga
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Lela Harris & Lubaina Himid Unveiling Lela’s portrait of Frances Elizabeth Johnson, an C18th Black Lancastrian brought from St Kitts as a slave-servant to live here- & now a permanent part of Judges Lodging museum for future generations - black history reclaimed and remembered
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Ending discrimination benefits everyone.
Tuesday’s #FightRacism Day is an opportunity to #StandUp4HumanRights and learn how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has improved the lives of people for 75 years. un.org/en/about-us/universal…
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Yesterday a group of Y8-10 pupils began their @FacingPast journey. The project aims to reveal and redress omissions in our collective memory of the role Lancaster played in the transatlantic slave trade and the enslaved people who came here. Watch this space!
#facingthepast
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Our history strand continues on Saturday 25th with two Lancaster Slave Trade, Abolition and Fair Trade Trail Walks organised by @LancasterBlack led by experts who explain the history as they go, taking the visitor to key sites in the city!
11am & 2:30pm
bit.ly/3EeAO2D
ALT photo of Sunita Abraham and Alan Rice next to Litfest 2023 Programme cover
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In our final history event of 25/3 at 5pm at The Judge's Lodgings, Lela Harris will be discussing with @ProfImogenTyler the process of creating a set of portraits of real Black individuals from Lancaster’s history whose given names alone we know
bit.ly/3YYPLh9
ALT photo of Imogen Taylor, photo of Lela Harris, Litfest 2023 front cover
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FREE, IN-PERSON & ONLINE!
Explore Litfest 2023's history strand: Black British History with @LancasterBlack, restorative art with Lela Harris, the Road to Peace in Ireland with Peter Taylor & the remarkable life of 'Gentleman Jack' with @JillLiddington
bit.ly/LFTIX23
ALT A composite image of our history strand authors, artists and speakers.
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Our friends at @FacingPast are holding a free taster session in Morecambe on January 21st with vocal practitioner, Jody Findley. Everyone is welcome to come use their voices, with the workshop starting at 11.30am at West End Impact. Sign up: airtable.com/shri2RzgovorYOu…
STILL CHANCE TO SIGN UP... Lancaster Taster Day is tomorrow. We'd love to see you there. Sign up here tinyurl.com/5cbyzer6 If you can't make it, we have a taster session on Saturday, 21st January and you can sign up here tinyurl.com/ynhex23m
