By Paul Crosthwaite, Peter Knight, Nicky Marsh, Helen Paul and James Taylor
Edited by Helen Paul, Nicholas Di Liberto and D’Maris Coffman
Paul, Helen, ‘The Colston Cult and the Material Culture of Bristol’, in Toppling Statues, edited by Marjorie Trusted, 54-69. Watford: PSSA Publishing, 2021.
This project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The team produced a MOOC and a co-authored book called Invested.
The project was funded by the University of Southampton. It included a live event about life on board East India Company ships. In addition, there are several pieces on the British Library Untold Lives blog.
The project was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Helen worked with the National Trust to help train volunteers working at the site and to provide study materials. Studley Royal was owned by John Aislablie, the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of the South Sea Bubble.
The project was funded by the University of Southampton. Helen worked with a local history group called Hyde900 to uncover the history of a local Bridewell (or prison). Volunteers discovered that people who died in the Bridewell were often buried in the nearby church of St. Bartholemew’s. Their graves had been forgotten and remain unmarked.
In the 1830s, the South of England was convulsed by rioting. Threatening letters signed ‘Captain Swing’ were sent to important figures, including the Duke of Wellington. Rioters were put on trial. Some were hanged and some transported to Australia. A series of events are planned to commemorate the bicentenary of Swing.
A launch event is being held on 16 September 2023 in the Castle at Winchester.
Deptford is the starting point for Britain’s involvement in the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans. It is also a key location in the history of abolitionism. Helen is working with local community activists to set up an educational charity to help people understand this difficult history.
Helen is also preparing a self-guided walking tour for the National Maritime Museum about Greenwich’s historical links to enslavement and abolition.