black history month Archives - SGHET https://sghet.com/tag/black-history-month/ South Glasgow Heritage and Environment Trust Thu, 14 Oct 2021 23:39:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/sghet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-SGHET-300x300.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 black history month Archives - SGHET https://sghet.com/tag/black-history-month/ 32 32 193624195 Talk: Transatlantic Slavery & South Glasgow’s Heritage https://sghet.com/transatlantic-slavery-south-glasgow-heritage/ https://sghet.com/transatlantic-slavery-south-glasgow-heritage/#respond Sat, 09 Oct 2021 19:38:55 +0000 https://sghet.com/?p=8930 On Monday 25th October at 6pm, as part of Black History Month Scotland, Mark McGregor and Saskia McCracken from SGHET will explore how South Glasgow’s built heritage was shaped by profits from the transatlantic trade in enslaved people.   This talk will cover some key people and historical sites south of the Clyde, including the […]

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]]> On Monday 25th October at 6pm, as part of Black History Month Scotland, Mark McGregor and Saskia McCracken from SGHET will explore how South Glasgow’s built heritage was shaped by profits from the transatlantic trade in enslaved people.

 

This talk will cover some key people and historical sites south of the Clyde, including the Stirling Maxwells of Pollok.

The talk is from 6pm-7.15pm Monday 25th October on Zoom, including time for Q&A.

BOOK HERE (free but registration required): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transatlantic-slavery-and-south-glasgows-heritage-tickets-171750890537

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We’re grateful to CRER / @crer_scotland for inviting us to participate in their annual month-long programme of events. See the full Black History Month Scotland 2021 event listings here: https://www.blackhistorymonthscotland.org/

 

#SouthsideSlaveryLegacies Project

 

This talk is part of our ongoing #SouthsideSlaveryLegacies research project begun during summer 2020 in response to the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. See the hashtag on Twitter and Facebook & sign-up to the project Newsletter.

If you would like to write for or contribute information to the project, email info@sghet.com

Southside Slavery Legacies logo an illustration of Pollok House

Photo Credits:

Slavery Made Glasgow handkerchief on the lockdown 2020 community washing lines in Maxwell Park – by Annika / @museumofjoy

Black Lives Matter banners on Camphill Gate in Shawlands in June 2020 – by Deirdre Molloy

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