Ulster & Slavery: The Story from the Archives
This is an updated guide to PRONI sources and artefacts from other institutions telling the story of slavery in Ulster.
This updated PRONI guide to archival sources is an essential resource for reflecting on slavery in the past and its influence on the present day. The original guide was published in 2007 to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in the United Kingdom. It was published as part of the wider Hidden Connections programme which also featured workshops exploring archival sources, performances and lectures.
To mark #DouglassWeek in Belfast in April 2024, PRONI has produced a much expanded second edition of this guide with additional documents including one written by American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. The updated guide also includes a foreword by Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., the great-great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass, co-founder and President of the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives.
Ulster & Slavery: The Story from the Archives helps to uncover and understand the place of slavery, the slave trade and its abolition in the UK’s public history, commemorative traditions and popular memory.