Black Britain Seminar Series: “A Wall of Anti-Slavery Fire" - Frederick Douglass in Britain.

Speakers

Hannah Murray

15 January 2013, 18:00 - 19:30

Event Type:

Seminar

Venue:

Room G26 (Ground Floor)

Venue Details:

Senate House, South Block
Malet Street 
London WC1E 7HU 

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Description

Former African American slave Frederick Douglass visited Britain in the1840's, popularising anti-slavery, creating a sensation across the country and enhancing the transatlantic connections between abolitionists.