Research

Slavery Connections to English Heritage Sites

In 2007, to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the British transatlantic slave trade, English Heritage (now separately English Heritage and Historic England) commissioned research into the connections to slavery at English Heritage sites.

This report surveyed 33 properties that were built or occupied during the main period of the British transatlantic slave trade (c.1640–1807). Twenty-six properties with some level of connection to slavery or abolition were identified.

Further research was subsequently carried out into four of the sites with the strongest connections to the slave trade.

English Heritage Properties 1600–1830 and Slavery Connections

A Report Undertaken to Mark the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the British Atlantic Slave Trade

by Dr Miranda Kaufmann

2007

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Slavery Connections of Brodsworth Hall (1600–c.1830)

by Prof Susanne Seymour and Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty

2010

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Brodsworth Hall
Brodsworth Hall in South Yorkshire

Slavery Connections of Bolsover Castle (1600– c.1830)

by Prof Susanne Seymour and Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty

2010

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Bolsover Castle
Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire

The slavery connections of Northington Grange

by Dr Laurence Brown

2010

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The Grange at Northington
The Grange at Northington

The slavery connections of Marble Hill House

by Dr Laurence Brown

2010

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Marble Hill House
Marble Hill House in London

 

 

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You can read further research into England’s role in the slave trade and its abolition on the Historic England website.

Visit Historicengland.org.uk