Slave owners of Blackheath & Greenwich

What has Greenwich to do with slavery? Britain remembers its history of abolition but until very recently had largely forgotten its centuries of involvement in transatlantic slavery. Now that this amnesia is increasingly being challenged in today’s cultural wars, it is important that all of us can access and assess the historical evidence. This talk by Dr. Nick Draper sets out how the global system of slavery came home to the streets and houses of Greenwich, and how the local history of Greenwich expresses the area’s connections to the wider world of enslavement and colonialism. It draws on the work of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership at UCL and showcases the database built by that project that is open for all to use.