Talk - Emancipation and Plymouth

Thursday 22nd August at 7pm [note the date and time]

£4 for members. £8 for non-members.

Emancipation was a milestone in Britain’s efforts to end slavery in the Empire. A mass of records was generated by this legislation and they allow us to understand Plymouth’s role in slave ownership which differed from other parts of Devon.This lecture by Dr Todd Gray MBE is firmly based on the historical evidence and will dispel some of the assumptions which are commonly held.

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