Remembering Slavery Slave trade, slavery and abolition: the north east of England connections

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    By John Charlton (2007) ".....It is two hundred years since Parliament ended British involvement in the slave trade. As part of the national commemoration of this important moment in history, a group of local archives and libraries in the north east established a project to search their collections for material connected to the slave trade, slavery and the movements for abolition. The Remembering Slavery 2007 Archive Mapping and Research Project led by the Literary & Philosophical Society (Lit & Phil) appointed Sean Creighton as Project Officer. Sean assembled a group of volunteers to search the collections. This brief guide indicates the areas covered and summarises the fully referenced guide ...."
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    Remembering Slavery 2007 Archive Mapping and Research Project
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    Link: http://collectionsprojects.org.uk/slavery/_files/rs_booklet.pdf
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 3 years, 10 months ago
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