Talk: Uncovering Slavery ‘From Glasgow to the Caribbean’ Join us at 6.50pm on Wed 22nd March at The Deep End on Nithsdale St for the first of our 2023 #SouthGlasgowHeritageNights events – a presentation from guest speaker Dr. Stuart Nisbet, followed by Q&A. Places are limited – BOOK HERE Over the past year, […]
The Gallery at Pollok House celebrates Maud Sulter 15 October–4 December 2022 and 6 January–15 January 2023 A new exhibition of the work of the internationally renowned Glaswegian-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter is now open at The Gallery at Pollok House. Commenting on this landmark exhibition, the Estate of Maud Sulter said, “It’s such […]
The extent to which Transatlantic slavery shaped Glasgow city centre has garnered much research, exposure and acknowledgement in recent decades. By contrast, the facts about how and why wealth made from enslaved people underpinned some of the Southside’s grand buildings and historic structures hadn’t been looked at sufficiently and in 2020 we decided to explore […]
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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