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Maroons in New Nanny Town
Description:
Photograph: Maroons in New Nanny Town, Jamaica , by Harry H Johnston, 1908 – 1909. (The word maroon means escaped slave and comes from a Spanish word meaning mountaineers. The slaves escaped from their plantations to the mountains and formed independant communities of free people.)
Creator: Harry H Johnson
Date: 1908 - 1909
Copyright: Royal Geographical Society
Abolition penny token
Description:
Abolition penny token (reverse), to mark the abolition of the slave trade
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:Bowles Coll 236
Abolition tokens
Description:
Abolition tokens, to mark the abolition of the slave trade
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:Bowles Coll 294c
Abolition farthing token
Description:
Abolition farthing token, to mark the abolition of the slave trade
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:Bowles Coll 1118
Butterdish and stand
Description:
Butterdish and stand with the Abolition logo.
With thanks to Mr Warner for the use of these items.
Copyright: Lent to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Coconut cup
Description:
Coconut cup with the Tobin family arms. James Tobin was a friend and business partner of the plantation owner and sugar merchant John Pinney. James Tobin became a prominent campaigner against the abolition of the slave trade.
With thanks to Dr J Tobin for the use if this item.
Date: unknown
Copyright: Lent to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Olaudah Equiano
Description:
Painting: Olaudah Equiano, late 18th century. A former slave who wrote and campaigned against slavery and the slave trade.
Creator: British School
Date: late 18th century
Copyright: Exeter City Museums and Art Gallery
View of the English Fort at Sierra Leone
Description:
View of the English Fort at Sierra Leone from original sketches by J Beckett. In the 1780s, the growing number of poor black people in London, and the Committee for Relief of Black Poor, formed a plan for resettlement abroad. Sierra Leone was the place chosen and the British government took over organisation of the scheme.
With thanks to the Houston family for the use of this item.
Creator: Beckett
Copyright: Lent to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
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