| Title |
: The Trader, the Owner and the Slave |
| Speaker |
: Prof James Walvin |
| Sponsor |
: University of York |
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| Location |
: Tempest Anderson Hall |
| Start Date |
: 18 November 2008 |
| Start Time |
: 07:30 PM |
| YPS Event |
: Yes |
| Members Only |
: No |
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Lecture |
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Abstract |
Joint Lecture with the University of York Senior Common Room, King's Manor. |
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Description |
Through three individuals, Professor Walvin explores the British slave trade. John Newton, who was a slave trader from 1748 to 1752, wrote "Amazing Grace" in 1772, but it was another decade before he could admit his misdeeds. Thomas Thistlewood was a slave owner responsible for terrible cruelty and depravity, though he was a "bookish man" and a dedicated gardener. The slave is Olaudah Equiano, another bookish man who was kidnapped in England and enslaved in Montserrat.
The lecture is based on parts of James Walvin's recent book "The Trader, the Owner, the Slave: Parallel Lives in the Age of Slavery" |
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| Further Information |
Joint Lecture with the York Senior Common Room, King's Manor |
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