3/5/23: Black history walking tour with Sean Creighton in Durham Cathedral
3rd May 2023
Prof. Nayanika Mookherjee, Sean Creighton, Dr. Liam Liburd
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Rev. Michael Everitt and Alison Cullingford (Archivist, Durham Cathedral Archives)
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Durham Cathedral
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At the Durham Cathedral Refectory Library: Seeing the original papers from the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Liam Liburd discovered that a pamphlet that was shown to us as being authored by ‘Africanus’ was often used as a pseudonym by Ignatius Sancho, a black British writer and the first black Briton to vote in an election. A year ago a novel about 18th-century black Briton Charles Ignatius Sancho: Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by actor Paterson Joseph won RSL prestigious Christopher Bland prize. Novel about 18th-century black Briton Charles Ignatius Sancho wins RSL prize | Slavery | The Guardian
Participants of walk
Participants of walk
Pictured: Sean Creighton, Prof. Nayanika Mookherjee and collaborators
Pictured: Sean Creighton, Prof. Nayanika Mookherjee and collaborators
