Scotland and Slavery: The Evidence

One day seminar/ workshop at the National Library of Scotland

Date: Tuesday 13 November 2007, 9.30am-4pm

Venue: National Library of Scotland, Causewayside Building,

33 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh

Seminar with workshops and displays of rarely-seen archive material. What was Scotland’s role in the slave trade – and in the movement for abolition?

Handle the evidence and share in the latest discoveries, with the help of experts from the National Library of Scotland, the National Archives of Scotland and Edinburgh Museums.

Target audience: Librarians, archivists, curators, teachers, community learning tutors and other interested parties. Programme available on request.

Free event. Please book: tel. 0131 623 3845 or email

Programme:

9.30 Arrival and coffee

9.45 Welcome by Professor Tom Devine

10.00 - 10.30 Dr Eric J. Graham:

Brief Visual presentation of the four aspects:

A Involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade

B The Abolitionist Movement to end the Slave Trade (1807)

C Involvement in Plantation Slavery

D Black People in Scotland

Display of selection of NLS resources of rare books, manuscripts & maps (referred to in Introduction)

Handout of timescale and key events to all.

10.30-11.00 Coffee & chat

Seminars/ workshop (45 minutes each)

Morning workshops (see p 2)

11.00-11-45

11.45. 12.30

LUNCH

Over lunchtime, there will be the opportunity to view the latest online resources on the subjects discussed.

1.20 Welcome back

1.25 Susan McIntosh (Scotdec): ‘A’ Adam’s Bairns’

Introduction to a new educational resource based on the NLS music collections

1.35 Tristram Clarke (NAS): 'Finding the Evidence': new resource guides to NAS and NLS material

Afternoon workshops

1.45 -2.30

2.30 - 3.15

Workshops

A. Involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade:

Dr Eric J Graham with Tristram Clarke (NAS)

B. The Abolitionist movement to end the Slave Trade (1807)

Rev Dr. Iain Whyte with Eoin Shalloo (NLS)

C. Involvement in Plantation Slavery

Dr Alex Murdoch and Prof Geoff Palmer with Maria Castrillo (NLS)

D. Black People in Scotland

Prof John Cairns with Sheila Asante (Edinburgh Museums)

3.15-3.30 – Meet the speakers

Information packs distributed