The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (www.nidirect.gov.uk/proni) has released a newly updated publication online, entitled Ulster and Slavery. From their site:
This updated PRONI guide to archival sources is an essential resource for reflecting on slavery in the past and its influence on the present day. The original guide was published in 2007 to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in the United Kingdom. It was published as part of the wider Hidden Connections programme which also featured workshops exploring archival sources, performances and lectures.
To mark #DouglassWeek in Belfast in April 2024, PRONI has produced a much expanded second edition of this guide with additional documents including one written by American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. The revised guide also includes a foreword by Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., the great-great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass, co-founder and President of the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives.
Ulster & Slavery: The Story from the Archives helps us to locate and understand the place of slavery, the slave trade and its abolition in the UK’s public history, commemorative traditions and popular memory.
The guide is freely available to read at https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/ulster-slavery-story-archives - a direct link to the 61 page PDF is at https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-04/Ulster%20and%20Slavery%20-%20The%20Story%20from%20the%20Archives.PDF
Chris
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