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Sense-ing the legacies of slavery and slaveownership

4/21/2016

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A new project beginning to shape up developing work on Bath's Last Legal Slave Owners and the idea of a larger river walk sense-ing the legacies of  slavery and slaveownership.

A disenchanted walk in time, space and place.

The River Avon powered the brass mills between Bath  and Bristol that produced the brass manillas that were the currency of the slave trade. Here in appalling conditions workers produced Guinea pots for sale in West Africa. The water drove hammers that the workers used to skillfully batter sheets of brass into shape.

...and more...those boats from Bristol did not set off for West Africa empty.
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And neither did they return from the Caribbean just with sweet things and leaves to smoke. Recceing and working this out at the moment. Join me share what you know, lets work this out...contact me on the form below. No spam I promise.
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Join me on foot or online on Sunday 1 May walking from Avonmouth to Bristol...up the gorge senseing the legacies of slavery and slaveownership

Meet 11.00 Avonmouth train station. All day walk approx 10 miles.
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