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A dark moment for #Serbia, and maybe an acknowledgment that, in many ways, #FacingThePast there has failed. To attack an organizer who puts together the commemoration for #Srebrenica in #Belgrade. Sad for him, and sad for the society he is trying to move forward. #Genocide
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The beating of Vladimir Arsenijević: Evil under the bridge - Time
The writer Vladimir Arsenijević was beaten under the Branko Bridge on the eve of the commemoration of the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica. Jovana Gligorijević writes about violence, fear and the...
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July 12, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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The #Lancaster Canal Company was established in 1791, funded in part by profits made from the #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade.

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#Lancashire #BritishHistory #GLAM
April 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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The #Lancaster Canal Company was established in 1791, funded in part by profits made from the #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade.

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#Lancashire #BritishHistory #GLAM
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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John Bond inherited his wealth from family members who owned slavery plantations.

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#Lancaster #Lancashire #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #History
October 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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In October 1860, African American abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond delivered a lecture at the Palatine Hall, Dalton Square in #Lancaster.

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#Lancashire #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade
September 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Ira Alridge, the first Black man to play #Othello in the UK, performed at The Grand Theatre in #Lancaster in 1827, 1832, & 1841.

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January 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A long article in #Montenegro about the death of #RatkoMladic with a few lines from me and a few other colleagues. If you can read it, take a look. #Memory #FacingthePast #ICTY #Accountability #Justice
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Puške zaćutale, zlo nikad nije: Kako je izostanak osvjetljavanja zločina stvorio prostor za glorifikaciju počinilaca
Suđenja sve rjeđa, optuženih, svjedoka i preživjelih sve manje, prestao pritisak izvana, kaže profesorica Iva VukušićUmjesto istine, države prošlost tumačile u skladu ...
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September 5, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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Founded in 1731, Gillows of #Lancaster manufactured furniture with #slavery-produced mahogany.

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February 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The Rawlinson and Lindow families were prominent slave-owning families in #Lancaster.

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June 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Pictured: a map of the plantations owned by the Rawlins family in St Kitts.

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#Lancaster #Lancashire #BritishHistory #StKitts #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade
September 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Memorial to Zong was a temporary exhibition by Lubaina Himid, displayed in the Maritime Museum in 2021, addressing and responding to the Zong Massacre.

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March 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Pictured: Abraham Rawlinson  (1738-1803), an English politician who made most of his money in trading slave-produced goods.

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#Lancaster #Lancashire #BritishHistory #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade
July 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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The Rawlinson/Lindow family were prominent slave traders in #Lancaster.

In 2020 their family memorial was graffitied with the words "Slave Trader."

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#Lancashire #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade
October 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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The Rawlinson/Lindow family were prominent slave traders in #Lancaster.

In 2020 their family memorial was graffitied with the words "Slave Trader."

Read more at www.facingthepast.org/map/r...

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #FacingThePast #Humap

#Lancashire #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade
March 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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"The witness stand, long table and chairs in Lancaster Castle's Grand Jury Room were crafted by Gillow of Lancaster in the 18th century, likely out of slavery-produced mahogany..."

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December 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Pictured: the title deeds for a warehouse on St George's Quay, #Lancaster.

These warehouses were used by local merchants to store commodities extracted via slave labour, such as sugar or rum.

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November 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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"The first West-Indies bound trade ship to leave #Lancaster trading in slave produced goods was the Lamb.

Robert Lawson, a Quaker, was the merchant in charge of the ship."

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May 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Tea House Theatre and Vauxhall today...revisiting old haunts.

#facingthepast #freeingthefuture
January 31, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Pictured: Thomas Anson by Lela Harris

Thomas Anson was an enslaved person who escaped from a farm in Dent, #Yorkshire

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#BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade
August 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Mary Brockbank ran a business that produced sails for slavery ships built in #Lancaster...

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#Lancashire #BritishHistory #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #History
August 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Pictured: Abolitionist activist Sarah Parker Remond

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#Lancaster #Lancashire #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #History #MicroHistory #CulturalHeritage #GLAM
May 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Pictured: a portrait of Isaac Rawlinson, a likely enslaved servant of the Rawlinson household in #Lancaster.

This imagined portrait was created by Lela Harris for the #FacingThePast exhibition.

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April 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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"The witness stand, long table and chairs in Lancaster Castle's Grand Jury Room were crafted by Gillow of Lancaster in the 18th century, likely out of slavery-produced mahogany..."

Our ##RecordOfTheDay is from the ##FacingThePast ##Humap

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January 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Founded in 1731, Gillows of ##Lancaster manufactured furniture with ##slavery-produced mahogany.

Our ##RecordOfTheDay is from the ##FacingThePast ##Humap

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December 3, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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Amazing resource called Facing the Past about the City of Lancaster and its slavery past. Have a look and share widely: www.facingthepast.org/home-page

#FacingthePast #Slavery #UK #Lancaster
Facing the Past
Facing the Past is an arts and research programme to reflect, reveal and redress omissions in the way the City of Lancaster has commemorated its role as the fourth largest slavery port in the UK.Facin...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM