During the nineteenth century\, African Am ericans and survivors of slavery wrote about their experiences in autobiog raphical narratives\, letters\, and pamphlets. Black activists published t heir life histories in Britain and Ireland too\, selling thousands of copi es &ndash\; often more than the famous Victorian authors we know about tod ay. In this tour\, we&rsquo\;ll visit some key locations in London where s ome of these important radical and abolitionist documents were published\, and learn about the history of survivors writing themselves into history.
\nAfrican American activists traveled to the British Isles during t he 19th to educate audiences about the brutalities of slavery\, to write a nd publish their narratives\,to raise money to legally purchase themselves or family members\, or to settle and work there. In their radical and pol iticized journeys of freedom\, they traveled thousands of miles to give le ctures in large cities like London and Edinburgh\, to small villages like Bakewell\, Keswick\, and Pembroke.
\nWhilst some of the buildings vi sited by these individuals do not remain\, it is impossible to deny that w e walk past important Black history sites on a daily basis\, without reali zing the impact these men and women had on British society.
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\nDr. Hannah-Rose Murray is a historian based at Queen Mary\, University of London. Her research focuses on Black activism in the transatlantic. Her first book\, \;Advocates of Freedom: African American Transatlanti c Abolitionism in the British Isles \;was published in 2020 by Ca mbridge University Press\, and her accompanying website\, www.frederickdouglassinbritain.com attempts to map as many Black activist speaking locations as possible acr oss Britain and Ireland. She has organized numerous community events inclu ding talks\, school workshops\, heritage plaques\, performances\, podcasts \, plays\, exhibitions\, and walking tours on both sides of the Atlantic.< /p>\n
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