The Quaker Reading Society and 'Slave Narratives'
The records of the Quaker Reading Society identify that its members purchased a number of books that are often referred to as ‘slave narratives’. These were a vital source of information for local antislavery ...
The Sturge House on Wheeley's Road
Image: Calthorpe Estate Drawing.
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham. In 1822 Sturge purchased land from the Calthorpe estate. He built his house in Edgbaston ...
The Sturge Statue
Image: date unknown.
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Town Hall Antislavery Meeting, 1838
Image: Report of The Birmingham Antislavery Society
For more details on Birmingham antislavery, follow the link below to 'Campaigning for Social Justice'
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
The title page of an original 1852 edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
'Uncle Toms Cabin' (1852): Eliza's Escape.
Image from an original 1852 edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Eliza escapes with her child across a frozen river from slave catchers.
Unveiling of Sturge Statue, 1862
Image: Engraving of statue published in the 'Illustrated Times'(1862).
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham.
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We are Brethren
‘We are Brethren’ token struck at Soho Mint, Handsworth, issued for use in Sierra Leone in 1814 which also commemorated the parlimentary abolition of the Slave Trade in 1807.
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William Morgan
According to 'Civilising Subjects' (2002) by Catherine Hall, William Morgan, "trained as a solicitor, and practiced in Birmingham. From an early age he was engaged with missionary and abolitionist ventures, ...