The persistence of memory : remembering slavery in Liverpool, 'slaving capital of the world'

The persistence of memory : remembering slavery in Liverpool, 'slaving capital of the world' /

The Persistence of Memory is a history of the public memory of transatlantic slavery in the largest slave-trading port city in Europe, from the end of the 18th century into the 21st century; from history to memory. Mapping this public memory over more than two centuries reveals the ways in which dis...

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Author / Contributor: Moody, Jessica (Author)
Imprint: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Slavery > England > Liverpool > History.
Slave trade > England > Liverpool > History.
Antislavery movements > England > Liverpool > History.
Collective memory.
Black people > England > Liverpool > Social conditions.
Series:Liverpool studies in international slavery ; 18
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : remembering slavery in the 'slaving capital' of the world
  • 1. From history to memory : the discursive legacies of the past
  • 2. Black Liverpool : living with the legacy of the past
  • 3. Coinciding anniversaries : birthdays and the Abolition Act in 1907, 1957, and 2007
  • 4. The memorial cult of William Roscoe : remembering abolition
  • 5. The rise of the museums
  • 6. Performing memory : local slavery memory in a globalizing world
  • 7. Sites of memory : bodies and the cityscape
  • Conclusion : untelling difficult pasts.

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