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Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Research into slave merchant’s journals sheds light on London’s trade in African humanity
A series of letter books and plantation journals written during the 18th Century Trans-Atlantic slave trade by a London-based slave merchant was bought this year in a private sale by the Museum In Docklands from the ownership of a private family.
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Monday, November 20, 2006
Faith and its role in slavery, resistance and abolition
The Cross Community Forum for 2007 met last Thursday to engage in dialogue about how religion was both villain and hero during the Transatlantic Slave Trade and what it’s role should be today in dealing with its legacies.
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Monday, October 30, 2006
Bristol’s black community rallies together in opposition to council's 2007 agenda
Bristol’s black community’s forceful opposition to its council’s 2007 Bicentenary agenda gathered momentum last week as the Consortium of Black Groups hosted a conference to re-affirm its position of active non-compliance.
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Monday, October 02, 2006
Community and voluntary sector organisations determined to reclaim the radical agenda for resistance, truth and justice in 2007
A coalition of African heritage organisations in the community and voluntary sector joined mainstream organisations last Friday at a seminar to discuss how they can collaborate to link historical enslavement with contemporary forms of injustice in 2007.
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Monday, August 21, 2006
SLAVERY REMEMBRANCE WEEK: Why reclaiming African identity is the most important aspect of reparations
Reparations is about determining how the damage caused by chattel enslavement can be repaired. According to Esther Stanford who has just returned from a global reparations conference in Ghana– the repair must begin from within our minds.
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Monday, July 10, 2006
Community Groups step up dialogue in preparation to counter government propaganda for 2007 Bicentenary
Community Groups met last Friday to discuss strategies to counter what is perceived as government ‘propaganda’ plans for the 2007 Bicentenary to 'dishonour' the memory of African people who fought for their freedom and resisted enslavement.
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Monday, March 20, 2006
Dr Joy DeGruy-Leary brings message of healing with Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome - the history
Tickets to the lecture sold out and the room was buzzing with eager listeners. She came, she joked, she reasoned and she conquered and at the end of her two-hour lecture she got a standing ovation. Black Britain was there to share the experience.
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Monday, February 13, 2006
Powerful lobbying by black communities led to C of E slavery apology and the fight for reparations will continue, say activists
The Church of England’s apology for its role in slavery came about through pressure from black-led organisations, not a sudden change of heart. Let us not forget that as well as profiting from slavery the Church also sanctioned and legitimised it.
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