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Visitors can expect a graphic portrayal of the various Ulster connections with the slavery issue through presentation of original manuscripts, artefacts and contemporary books and pamphlets supplied jointly by the Public Records Office, Linen Hall Library, Ulster Museum and many others. This is the first time such a collection has been brought together in this way.
Monday 05 November 2007
Friday 30 November 2007
Mon - Saturday 9.30am
Mon - Friday 5.30pm Saturday 1.00pm
Vertical Gallery- Linen Hall Library- Belfast
Free
Event
This unique exhibition illustrates the main figures, events and places to the story of Ulster and both the pro and anti-slavery debate.
Leading Belfast merchant, Waddell Cunningham made his fortune through direct involvement in the slave plantations of the West Indies, and was one of the promoters of a Belfast slave company. Belfast built substantial trade with the West Indies, but the proposal for the formation of a slave trading company was bitterly opposed and came to nothing.
Pioneer opponents of slavery included Thomas Russell, Librarian of what is today’s Linen Hall Library, and other members including Dr James MacDonnell and Mary Ann McCracken. The 1807 Act didn’t finally abolish slavery, and included to the exhibition is correspondence from William Wilberforce to Lord Castlereagh seeking to secure further progress for the anti-slavery movement, while other Ulstermen continued to benefit from the practice.
Melvin Lyons
Linen Hall Library
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