Resources
Regional web links
West Yorkshire
www.bbc.co.uk - West Yorkshire slave trade feature
Bradford has strong abolitionist connections, with lectures in the 1850s from the ‘fugitive slave’ John Brown, and Bradford Liberal MP W.E. Forster. Bradford agitators held an anti-slavery demonstration in 1863.
Reflecting on the Past - Looking to the Future
Programme for a Peaceful City The ‘Programme for a Peaceful City’ (associated with Yorkshire Forward) is a network of academics and individuals living and working in various organisations and areas of the District.
www.bbc.co.uk - Bradford abolition/
www.bbc.co.uk - Wilson Armistead feature
www.bbc.co.uk - Harewood House feature
East Yorkshire
Hull led the commemoration with a programme of 34 weeks of events and activities in 2007, ‘Wilberforce 2007’, focusing on slavery and emancipation, both in a historical and modern context.
South Yorkshire
www.bbc.co.uk - South Yorkshire abolition
National connections with Yorkshire links
www.bbc.co.uk - British abolition
Commemorating the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
In partnership with eminent artists, activists and thinkers as well as emergent younger talent, the Freedom and Culture programme explores the crucial dimensions of oppression and freedom.
A dedicated bicentenary area.