Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Friday Merchant City Festival talk on Glasgow's slaving history


FRIDAY 27TH JULY 2012 - The African Caribbean Centre is the venue for a public meeting with invited guest speakers to discuss Glasgow's slaving history. This event will launch the new Audio Trail of the Merchant City.
"The imagined voices of merchants, slaves and abolitionists in Glasgow's sugar and tobacco trade make up this self-guided audio tour, which you can download online and follow at any time."
To formally launch the new trail, a public debate will be held which looks at the legacy of slavery from the 18th century, after which there will be the a guided walk around the sites of the dramatic audio installations.
Speakers include:
Historian and author of "It Wisnae Us" Stephen Mullen 
Award winning author & co creator of the Merchant's Voices Audio Trail, Louise Welsh
Jude Barber architect & co creator of the Merchant's Voices Audio Trail
Graham Campbell, Scots Jamaican Community Development worker and political activist
For further information please call  0141 353 8000.
Entry is FREE - 7pm to 9pm

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