Slavery

Legacies of British Slave-ownership - Commission

Date: 
7 May 2013

Eric is appointed as Historical Affiliate to the Legacies of British Slave ownership (UCL London) initially for one year.

Project

The "Black Minstrelsy" in Scotland

Date: 
18 Mar 2011

The "Black Minstrelsy" in Scotland is Eric's latest article in Scottish Local History Forum Issue 80 - February 2011.

Black Slavery & Scotland

Start : 
12 Oct 2010 - 19:30
End : 
12 Oct 2010 - 20:30
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 

Arts Centre, Dalkeith.

Midlothian World History Society

Legacies of British Slave-ownership

Start : 
4 Sep 2010 - 10:30
End : 
4 Sep 2010 - 17:00
Type: 
Workshop
Location: 

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

Eric is presenting Scots and slave-ownership before 1834 at 12:30.

LBS Workshop Schedule (PDF 182KB)

Black Slavery and Leith

Start : 
15 Feb 2011 - 19:30
End : 
15 Feb 2011 - 20:30
Type: 
Talk
Location: 

Leith Community Education Centre
New Kirkgate
Leith

Leith History Society.

Event Symposium

Date: 
1 Mar 2010

Eric is presenting at the event symposium:

The transatlantic slave trade and plantation slavery in the Americas: exploring Scottish connections

on the 12-13 March 2010 at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities respectively.

His paper is Scottish Archives relating to the slave trade and the West Indies plantations.

More details to follow.

Did Slavery make Scotland great?

Start : 
12 Mar 2010 - 16:00
End : 
12 Mar 2010 - 17:30
Type: 
Lecture
Location: 

University of Edinburgh
William Robertson Building
Lecture Theatre G-08
George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9JY

Did Scotland's "Great Leap Forward" in the eighteenth century ultimately rest in the exploitation of unfree labour overseas? This issue will be examined by Professor Devine at the plenary session of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's symposium on the Scottish connections to the slave trade and slavery.

Tickets for this event are free but limited.
Tickets can be booked at www.slaverylecture10.eventbrite.com

Scotland and Black Slavery – the Evidence

Start : 
12 Dec 2009 - 10:00
End : 
12 Dec 2009 - 16:00
Type: 
Workshop
Location: 

University of St Andrews

Conference Room
Younger Hall
North Street,
St Andrews.

For bookings and further details of the Day Schools:

University of St Andrews, Open Association

Letters from a Slaving Station

Date: 
31 Mar 2009

Summer 2009

Forthcoming article in Scottish Local History, issue 76.

The Sugar Plantocrats

Start : 
8 Apr 2009 - 19:30
Type: 
Talk
Location: 

Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Dumbarton Road
Stirling
FK8 2RQ

Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum

Stirling Smith Art Gallery entrance

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