{"id":14525,"date":"2021-05-15T19:50:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T18:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&p=14525"},"modified":"2021-05-25T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T12:00:08","slug":"book-launch-from-wulfstan-to-colston","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/book-launch-from-wulfstan-to-colston\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch: From Wulfstan to Colston"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Note: this is an online event organised by M Shed. Registration and booking is required via their website<\/a>.
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Published a few days before the fall of Edward Colston\u2019s statue in June 2020, From Wulftsan to Colston<\/em><\/strong> traces a thousand-year history of the involvement in slavery of Bristol\u2019s merchants, from Anglo-Saxon times through the era of exploration and colonisation to the transatlantic slave trade and the plantation system of the Americas. During this period, Bristol\u2019s merchant elite seized economic and political power, making slave-trader Edward Colston an icon and shaping the city\u2019s present-day historical memory of slavery.<\/p>\n

Throughout the millennium, determined opposition to slavery ranged from revolts and revolutions by the enslaved to struggles for abolition in Britain. Bristol\u2019s first abolitionist, Saint Wulfstan in the eleventh century, was followed by networks of religious and political activists who led popular and successful campaigns.<\/p>\n

This panel event features co-authors Mark Steeds<\/strong> and Roger Ball <\/strong>of Bristol Radical History Group<\/em> along with a principal contributor Spencer Jordan <\/strong>and former Lord Mayor and Countering Colston<\/em> activist Cleo Lake<\/strong> as chair.<\/p>\n

\u2018A matter of speculation?\u2019: Edward Colston and the transatlantic slave trade – Roger Ball<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2014 the Bishop of Bristol preaching to school students in the Cathedral claimed that \u2018speculation\u2019 about the \u2018business roots\u2019 of the city\u2019s icon Edward Colston, was merely \u2018speculation\u2019. These incendiary words inspired new investigations into Colston\u2019s \u2018business roots\u2019 and led to the formation of the campaigning group Countering-Colston. This talk addresses the lack of clarity in Edward Colston\u2019s involvement in the \u2018vile trade\u2019 by examining his leading role in the Royal African Company and reveals some recent research into his later participation in the Spanish slave-trade.<\/p>\n

\u2018To Keep his Memory Green\u2019: The reinvention of Edward Colston in the late Nineteenth Century – Spencer Jordan<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the second half of the nineteenth century the image of Edward Colston underwent a dramatic transformation. From a rather marginal figure, he was suddenly reshaped into something that was quite new for Bristol – a totemic figurehead for the city\u2019s growing population. This talk not only looks at why this happened at this time but also the deeper forces at play across the city\u2019s political and economic landscape.<\/p>\n

\u2018Mr Douglass comes to town…\u2019<\/strong> – Mark Steeds<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the mid-nineteenth century Bristol\u2019s abolitionists took great interest in the plight of the enslaved in the United States. Some of the greatest American abolitionists visited the \u2018Metropolis of the West\u2019 and were hosted by the city\u2019s unsung abolition heroes. The visitors gave talks and interviews that inspired Bristolians to help fund their campaigning in America. Notable amongst the guests were Samuel May Jr, Willliam Lloyd Garrison and African Americans Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown and the sensational married couple of William and Ellen Craft. This talk will examine the impact of these visits and explore the sometimes emotional responses of \u2018ordinary\u2019 Bristolians to the plight of the nearly three million enslaved African-Americans.<\/p>\n

Details of publications: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Steeds and Roger Ball, From Wulfstan to Colston: Severing the sinews of slavery in Bristol<\/em> (Bristol: Bristol Radical History Group, 2020) Paperback, 420 pages, 103 black & white and colour images and 4 maps. RRP: \u00a314.00. Available from Bristol Museums online bookshop<\/a> or from Bristol Radical History Group here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spencer Jordan, \u2018The Myth of Edward Colston: Bristol Docks, the Merchant Elite and the Legitimisation of Authority 1860-1880\u2019 in Steve Poole, ed. A City Built Upon the Water: Maritime Bristol 1750-1880<\/em> (Bristol: University of the West of England, 2013) RRP: \u00a315.00.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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