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Bristol, a port city in south-west England, was involved in the transatlantic slave trade. Bristol's part in the trade was prominent in the 17th and 18th centuries as the city's merchants used their position to gain involvement. It is estimated that over 500,000 enslaved African people were traded by Bristol merchants.
9 de sept. de 2018 · In tribute to the victims of the slave trade lines from Miles Chambers’s poem Bristol! Bristol!, which speaks of the city’s “historical hangover”, will appear on one side.
Many of the city’s public buildings, educational and economic institutions (such as the Theatre Royal, Colston’s School, the Old Bank and the tobacco and sugar industries), owe their origins to the wealth created by the trade in enslaved Africans and slave-produced commodities.
5 de feb. de 2022 · Bristol Old Vic’s outgoing artistic director Tom Morris has defended his decision to publicly highlight the slave trade riches that financed the theatre’s construction and urged the city to...
16 de mar. de 2007 · Along with Liverpool and London, Bristol was one of the main British ports involved in the slave trade. However, despite the fact that much of Bristol's wealth relied on this and other trades,...
The creation of The Old Bank shows how Bristol’s relationship with the slave trade benefited the city and the country in a multitude of ways, and displaying how the ripple effect of slavery touched almost every corner of Bristol’s society.
9 de ago. de 2018 · Bristol campaigners have won significant victories, such as persuading the city’s biggest music venue, the Colston Hall, to change its name. Their current target is the statue of Colston, which...
