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Monthly Archives: June 2014

Abney Park and Abolition: Agency and Memory in the fight against Slavery

June 27, 2014by lbshistory

By: Charlie Morgan Abney Park cemetery is by far the most prominent cemetery in Hackney and, as one of the ‘Magnificent Seven’, one of the grandest in London. Furthermore, it’s […]

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Local Roots / Global Routes

Local Roots / Global Routes was a collaborative project between UCL based Legacies of British Slave-ownership and Hackney Museum and Archives. It was part of the Share Academy programme which was funded by Arts Council England (ACE). Running from December 2013 to June 2015, the project facilitated the creation of a Key Stage 3 (ages 13-14) resource concerning the links between Hackney and transatlantic slavery.

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