Abolition of Slavery: The Birmingham Antislavery Society's Opening Statement.

This document identifies the original members of the Birmingham Anti Slavery Society and provides an ‘opening statement’ of their aims and objectiv...

Advertisement for the Women's Social and Political Union

‘The Rights of Woman’, what are they? The right her husband to obey, The right to show forth all her life How proud she is to be a wife! The ...

Ahmed's Journey

"My name is Ahmed Mirreh. I was born in Khamis Mashed in Saudi Arabia. I stayed there for 6 years. In 1989 civil war was in Somalia. My parents em...

Amanda Smith

Amanda Smith came to Birmingham in 1879. Born into slavery in the United States, Amanda Smith's father bought his freedom and that of his family. S...

AMERICAN SLAVERY TO ENGLISH MINISTRY: THE REVD. PETER THOMAS STANFORD (1860-1909)

Submitted by Rev. Paul Walker of Highgate Baptist Church, Birmingham. In 1995 I was investigating the history of Highgate Baptist Church, when ...

Anti-Apartheid Demonstration Flyer

Flyer for an Anti-Apartheid demonstration held on Saturday March 12th, nd. [1980s]. From the records of the Birmingham Anti-Apartheid Organisation

Anti-Jewish Conversion Society

A Jewish form of resistance to organisations such as the Birmingham auxillary of the 'Society for Promoting Christianity Amoung the Jews' was to en...

Antislavery and the Birmingham Quaker 'Friends Book Society',

In order for the Birmingham Antislavery Society to be effective in campaigning for social justice, it was vital that they had a network system that...

Antislavery Lecture by Rev Thomas Swan (extract).

Lectures, speeches, public addresses and sermons were a vitally important way of spreading the word about slavery to the Birmingham public. The ext...

Arthur O'Neill (1819-1896)

Submitted by Stephen Roberts Arthur O'Neill lived in Birmingham from 1840 until his death in 1896. He made his mark as a Chartist, a peace lect...

Banner Theatre, Play Advertisements

Image: Fragment of brown paper with hand drawn logo for Banner Theatre. This exhibition represents a spectrum Banner Theatre's past productions...

Bearwood Holocaust Survivor

Image: Harry Levine Jewish Community Press Book Cuttings, 1939-42 no 519406. Why was it necessary to offer refuge and work to Jewish migrants i...