AbolitionYou are in: Bristol > Abolition  Take a pictorial look at a £1m exhibition about the slave trade and its Bristol connections.  Two Bristol students crew the Amistad as the replica ship followed a transatlantic slave trade route  A fascinating building in the centre of the city reveals much about the city's slavery past.  If you missed the Points West debate on the city's role in slavery then you can watch it here.  Five black Bristolians give their opinions how the abolition act bicentenary is being commemorated.  Listen to a play inspired by Queen Nanny, heroine of the Jamaican Maroon Wars.  Social commentator Marvin Rees claims Bristol is "racially fractured" - what do you think?  Find out about the slavery links between Codrington South Glos. and its namesake in the Caribbean.  Prominent Bristol figures spoke out against the slave trade - we take a look at some of them. You are in: Bristol > Abolition |
