How should Reading recognise its connections to the history of people of African descent? (Part 2)
Pam Canning
Lessons 4-6
In discourse on slave-ownership and the impact that it had on Britain, many people assume or believe that the impact of the trade is only significantly centred around port cities that saw a direct connection to the slave trade. This enquiry aims to give students an understanding that slave-ownership has left a significant legacy in Britain, by looking at the history of the connections to slave-ownership of a place not normally associated with that legacy. It is well documented in London, Bristol and Liverpool particularly, but it is the typicality of Reading and the fact that it would never have been assumed to have these connections that demonstrate the legacy of slave-ownership in Britain; if Reading has this history, then everywhere does.
Lessons 4-6 are below.
Attached files:
- 4. After abolition
4.37 MB Powerpoint presentation - 4. Mary Smart information page
586.1 KB Word document - 4. Reading Petition
17.2 KB Word document - 4. Scholarship Reading - Akala
231.2 KB Word document - 5. 20th century
24.56 MB Powerpoint presentation - 6. Outcome
8.44 MB Powerpoint presentation - 6. Optional homework
82.7 KB Powerpoint presentation - 6. Outcome Exhibition support sheet
16.2 KB Word document - 6. Peer Marking Sheet - individuals
21.7 KB Word document - 6. Peer Marking Sheet - small groups
21.8 KB Word document - 4. Mary Smart information page
586.1 KB Word document