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.
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Over the past year, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dundee have revealed buildings, streets and memorials linked to transatlantic slavery. How do we find out more? Come along and find out, through an illustrated talk by Dr. Stuart Nisbet.
Based on a personal journey to uncover the truth about Scotland and Slavery, the event will also include discussion of Dr. Nisbet’s first novel The Book of Here and There, which he will be signing after his presentation.
Dr. Stuart Nisbet is well known in the area for his local history publications. For more than 20 years, he has also been one of the leading researchers on Scotland and slavery. In 2015 Stuart had a chapter in the first detailed book on Scotland and slavery: Tom Devine’s Recovering Scotland’s Slavery Past.
He notes, ‘Black lives not only matter in Scottish history, they had a huge impact in the development of the Scotland that we live in today. Unlike other cities and countries, Glasgow and Scotland have barely begun to come to terms with the human cost of chattel slavery. Indeed, we are still at the stage of counting numbers. Hopefully, in the process, we can begin to hear the voices. For, without them, the numbers are meaningless.’
Signed copies of Stuart Nisbet’s book ‘The Book of Here and There’ will be available to purchase at the event for £10 (cash payment only).
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TIMINGS:
6.50pm – Doors Open / Registration
7pm – Presentation from Dr. Stuart Nisbet followed by Q&A and book signings
8.15pm – Ends
More #SouthGlasgowHeritageNights coming soon
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