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We will be launching the 2021 programme at 12pm on 11 August 2021

  • Brookes slave ship plan
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Slavery and the City

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Meet at St Paul's underground station, by cafe nero 10 mins before start of walk
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1 Cheapside, EC2V 6AA

Travel Information

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Nearest tube: St. Paul's
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We will explore sites and institutions with direct links to the history of slavery and hear why the apologies were made last year, whilst wandering within the story packed streets and alleyways of the Square Mile.

Events

Sunday 5th September
Slavery and the City
schedule Time: 10.30am to 12.30pm
Please book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-house-2021-slavery-and-the-city-tickets-166703291031
Slavery and the City
schedule Time: 2pm to 4pm
Please book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-house-2021-slavery-and-the-city-tickets-166703291031
Tuesday 7th September
Slavery and the City
schedule Time: 2pm to 4pm
Please book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-house-2021-slavery-and-the-city-tickets-166703291031
Friday 10th September
Slavery and the City
schedule Time: 11am to 1pm
Please book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-house-2021-slavery-and-the-city-tickets-166703291031
Saturday 11th September
Slavery and the City
schedule Time: 11am to 1pm
Please book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-house-2021-slavery-and-the-city-tickets-166703291031
Slavery and the City
schedule Time: 2pm to 4pm
Please book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-house-2021-slavery-and-the-city-tickets-166703291031
Sunday 12th September
Slavery and the City
schedule Time: 11am to 1pm
Please book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-house-2021-slavery-and-the-city-tickets-166703291031
Slavery and the City
schedule Time: 2pm to 4pm
Please book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-house-2021-slavery-and-the-city-tickets-166703291031

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Historical/contemporary

  • Walk Details

    ‘It is not lawful to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood’. These are the words of abolitionist John Newton as he preached from St Mary Woolnoth in the City in 1788. But the abolitionist’s tale is only one side of the coin in the City’s involvement in the horrors of the slave trade.

    We will explore sites and institutions with direct links to this history and hear why the apologies were made last summer, whilst wandering within the story packed streets and alleyways of the Square Mile.

    Come and join in the discussion of our relationship to history and the legacy of the past to the present.

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