Talk: Black (maritime) histories of Aberdeen in the 18th and 19th centuries

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Dr Richard Anderson, Lecturer in History, University of Aberdeen

From students, sailors, and soldiers, Dr Anderson will consider the unexplored history of people of African descent in North-East Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries, from the age of Atlantic slavery to the era of abolition.

 

Image: 

George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal and his groom, possibly Ibrahim (detail)

attributed to Placido Costanzi
oil on copper, circa 1733
NPG 552

© National Portrait Gallery, London