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Martin Hall, New College, University of Edinburgh
Saturday 10 November 2007
PROGRAMME
9:30am
Registration
10am
- 10:45am Plenary lecture: Britain , Slavery and Abolition
Chair:
Professor Paul Nugent, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh
Professor
Paul Lovejoy, University of York , Toronto , Canada
Equiano,
Empire and Slavery: the Scottish Connection
11am
- 12:30pm
Panel:
Scotland and the Slave Trade
Chair:
Professor Tom Devine, School of History & Classics, University of
Edinburgh
Professor
John Cairns, School of Law , University of Edinburgh
Slaves
and slave-owners in 18th century Scotland
Dr
Eric Graham, Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Edinburgh
The
Slave Trade of Port Glasgow and Greenock 1715-1765
Dr
Douglas Hamilton, Lecturer in History, University of Hull
'Defending
the Colonies against malicious attacks of Philanthropy': Scottish efforts
to preserve the slave trade and slavery
Professor
Geoff Palmer, Emeritus, Heriot Watt University
The
Voice of the Slave
12:30-2pm
lunch
2pm
- 2:45pm Plenary lecture: Britain , Slavery and Abolition
Chair:
Professor Stewart J. Brown, School of Divinity , University of Edinburgh
Professor
Emeritus James Walvin, University of York , England
Why
did the British Abolish the Slave Trade?
3pm
- 4.30pm Panel: Scotland and Abolition
Chair:
Professor Stewart J. Brown
Professor
Clare Midgley, Sheffield Hallam University
Women
and Anti-Slavery in Scotland
Professor
Suzanne Schwarz, Liverpool Hope University
Africa
and Abolition: Zachary Macaulay and the Development of the Sierra Leone
Company in the Late Eighteenth Century
Rev.
Dr Iain Whyte, author of Scotland and the Abolition of Black Slavery,
1756-1838
'This
Horrible Traffick' - Scotland 's Kirk and People Challenge the Slave Trade
REGISTRATION FEE: £12 - It can be paid at the door.
(those attending are asked to make their own arrangements for lunch)
The
conference organiser is Dr Alex Murdoch Alex.Murdoch@ed.ac.uk
For details on accommodation in Edinburgh please visit the following
website:
http://www.murray-accommodation.co.uk
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