1807, 1907, 2007

I asked you to view Amazing Grace (and we may be able to view it as a DVD at Harlaxton). Britain voted to abolish the slave trade in 1807, although slavery continued after that date within the empire (and outside, like in the U.S. South, far longer, as we know). As a result there are a number of exhibitions based on the bicentenary in the metropolis and, indeed, London has announced a Abolition of the Slave Trade Bicentennial 2007. We will attempt to see the one at Westminster Hall)

• Scratch the Surface (National Gallery, not until 20 July)
  
• Portraits, People And The Abolition Of The Slave Trade (National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE)
• The British Slave Trade: Abolition, Parliament and People (Westminster Hall, Parliament)
• Westminster and the transatlantic slave trade - Exhibition; near St James’s Park tube, City of Westminster Archives Centre, 10 St Ann’s Street, London, SW1P 2DE)
• Enslavement and the Struggle for Liberation: Commemorating the Bicentenary of the Parliamentary Abolition of the British Transatlantic Slave Trade, 25 March 1807 (British Library, ends 1 July)
• Uncomfortable Truths – the shadow of slave trading on contemporary art & design (Victoria & Albert Museum, only to 17 June)