The British Business of Slavery

The British Business of Slavery

A series of Tuesday evening talks starting on 6 October, running to 8 December 2015. Presented by Conway Hall Ethical Society and curated by Deborah Lavin. Supported by the Socialist History
Society and the Freethought History Research Group.

Venue:
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn
London WC1R 4RL
All talks start at 7.00pm
Tickets:
Individual tickets £5, participating society members £3.
Series ticket £30, participating society members £21.


Tuesday 6 October
Freedom’s Debt, the Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade (1672- 1752)
Dr William Pettigrew,
University of Kent

Tuesday 13 October
First Prime Minister of the London Empire, William Beckford, Jamaican
Planter & Lord Mayor of London (1709 – 1770)
Dr Perry Gauci,
University of Oxford

Tuesday 20 October
The Law’s Ambiguous Struggle with Slavery
Prof Satvinder Juss,
King’s College London

Tuesday 27 October
George Hibbert M.P. (1757-1837) and the Defence of British Slavery
Dr Katie Donington,
University of Nottingham

Tuesday 3 November
The Unfortunate Colonel Despard, “Govenor of Belize”, Anti-racist,
Democrat, Executed as a Traitor 1803
Mike Jay, author

Tuesday 24 November
Slavery and the Shaping of British Culture
James Walvin,
Professor Emeritus, University of York

Tuesday 1 December
A British-Owned Congo, Roger Casement’s Battle with Slavery in Peru (1910-1914)
Prof Jordan Goodman,
University College London

Tuesday 8 December Identifying Unfinished Business, the UK Modern Slavery Act (2015)
Prof Gary Craig,
Durham University & University of Hull