Bristol is still in some denial about the facts and horrors of the slave trade. In October 1998, I was privileged to participate in a piece of "guerrilla theatre" at the Georgian House (built by a slaver called John Pinney). This performance aimed at going some way to redress the lack of information publicly available about the slave trade in city museums. This piece, If The Georgian House Could Speak, was written and performed by members of the Miss Evers' Boys company, then appearing at Bristol Old Vic.

Below are some links to sites about the slave trade organised loosely into categories. Most of these links will lead you to much, much more. You will be able to find other links by doing searches on Altavista or Google, using keywords such as "slave trade", "bristol", "trans atlantic trade", "middle passage". If you wish to suggest links or report broken ones, please mail me at: slavetrade@hotwells.freeserve.co.uk

Bristol

• Slave Trade Bibliography Bristol City Library
• Slave Trade in Bristol Living Easton
• Bristol and Slavery
• Bristol Slave Trade Walk - originally created by Madge Dresser, Caletta Jordan and Doreen Taylor
• A Respectable Trade
• Bristol City Museums - Introduction to the Slave Trade

Slave Trade and Slavery

• Slave Trade Narratives
• Slavery & Anti Slavery
• Library of Congress Resources on Black History
• Britain's Slave Trade
• Atlantic History Seminar on the Slave Trade
• Timeline - the Atlantic Slave Trade
• Images of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• A brief history of the slave life of the Rev. L. R. Ferebee
• Congo Republic & the Slave Trade
• Maps of Slave Trade Routes
• Papers of the American Slave Trade
• Slavery in the USA 1750-1870
• Slavery & Emancipation in the US following the Civil War
• Triangular Trade
• Web Resources on Slavery
• Slave Movement during the 17th and 18th centuries
• Letter written by Ignatius Sancho who was born on a slave ship
• Slavery and the Slave Trade in Britain

Today

• Black Presence in Britain
• Unesco's pages on slavery today
• Anti-Slavery International
• Searchlight on Racism in Britain
• Middle Passage Monument Project
• African Reparations Movement
• The Slave Trade as the root of the African Crisis Today