Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

2007 marked the bicentenary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act which began to put an end to the transatlantic slave trade which had caused such devastation to the lives of many Africans throughout the 16th to 19th Centuries: repercussions of which we still feel today. English Heritage marked this event with a series of activities which began to formally acknowledge the role that the slave trade, plantation wealth and the abolition movement had in shaping our built environment.
You can read about many of these activities at our Sites of Memory website here: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/abolition

These include: Dido Elizabeth Belle and The Lady Elizabeth Finch Hatton, attributed to Zoffany From the Collection of The Earl of Mansfield at Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland. 

• New research into historic properties around the country to create a new map of the impact of slavery on the historic environment of England. This can be found in the ‘Sites of Memory’ section.
• A teachers’ resource pack to help KS3 teachers with the new curriculum requirement to teach the history of the slave trade
• Information about our popular ‘Slavery and Justice’ exhibition at Kenwood House exploring the complex lives of Lord Mansfield and his great niece Dido, the daughter of a slave who lived with him at Kenwood.