When I was in Bristol I visited the exhibition 'Breaking the Chains' commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
Between 1450 and 1850 over 10 million Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean – with another 10 million perishing in the process of capture.
• British ships carried over 3 million Africans to slavery in the Americas between 1662 and 1807.
• Over 2000 slave voyages left Bristol alone between 1698 and 1807, by which time over 60% of the city’s trade was directly related to slavery.
• Britain’s official involvement in the transatlantic slave trade was ended in 1807 after years of protest by the Abolitionist movement.
This is an exhibition well worth visiting and its on for the next 2 years.
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