Alex Aslett
The latest display in the Walker Library celebrates Black History Month.
The exhibition includes a display about Thomas Clarkson (OP), one of the leading figures in the movement to abolish the slave trade.
On display, from the Rare Books room, is his 1808 publication The History Of The Rise, Progress And Accomplishment Of The Abolition Of The African Slave-Trade By The British Parliament.
On display, from the Rare Books room, is his 1808 publication The History Of The Rise, Progress And Accomplishment Of The Abolition Of The African Slave-Trade By The British Parliament.
This book includes the original drawing of the 'Brookes' slave-ship, which was one of the most widely copied and powerful images used by the abolitionists.
Clarkson himself wrote that the 'print seemed to make an instantaneous impression of horror upon all who saw it, and was therefore instrumental, in consequence of the wide circulation given it, in serving the cause of the injured Africans'.
The library's DVD collection includes the 2006 film, Amazing Grace, which tells the story of the abolitionist movement and stars Rufus Sewell as Thomas Clarkson: highly recommended.
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