University of Bristol History Society

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[Historians @ Bristol @UoBrisHistory]

New in #HistoricalSnapshots for #BlackHistoryMonth: Josiah Henson, whose life inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin, escaped slavery in 1830.

@Shaun_Wallace_ sheds light on Henson – the abolitionist, author, and minister.

@FugitiveSlaveDB #Slavery #Runaways

https://t.co/0ODVDzo7Jr

[University of Bristol History Society @HistorySocUoB]

Have a look at our Black History Month calendar to find out about all the great events that are coming up!

[Historians @ Bristol @UoBrisHistory]

We are excited to be collaborating with @Bristol_SU Black and Minority Ethnic Network on their programme of events for #BHM2020

See below for three live events on Weds 14th, 21st, and 28th October. #twitterstorians @BrisBlackHums @Diversehistory2
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[Gloucester History Festival @GlosHistFest]

📣Tomorrow 14 SEPT at Blackfriars #gloshistfest20
@ppvernon & @angburger27 at 6pm
📌Book: https://t.co/8k7kyGY6G6
📕 Pre-Order “100 Great Black Britons” from @Waterstones: https://t.co/1nZDmEkWD7
@AncestryUK @GloucesterCity
@HeritageFundUK @HistoricEngland

[Gloucester History Festival @GlosHistFest]

📣 #Medieval #history at Blackfriars
&
📣Books @waterstones:
📕 @CathHanley https://t.co/K4SXy0RFan
📗 David Carpenter https://t.co/UysSJKZb2A
📙@DrJaninaRamirez https://t.co/BdgcNOXV2N
📌To book https://t.co/mxyOiWT05f
#GlosHistFest20 #voyagersandvisionaries #digitalhistory

[Arts Matter Bristol @UoBArtsMatter]

Today is the International Day of the World's Indigenous People. Find out how art, animation and academic research were combined to help indigenous people in Amazonian Peru find forms of self-representation --> https://t.co/wNN6f9vqTB
#IndigenousDay2020

[Centre for Black Humanities @BrisBlackHums]

An exciting new dimension to the Seven Saints of St Paul's mural project in Bristol: look forward to using this with our students next year! https://t.co/T2AwysNrsB

[Historians @ Bristol @UoBrisHistory]

We've been learning a lot from
@BBCBristol's short segments on local statues: you can relisten to all of them here:

https://t.co/i4F1Q737l9

[British Library @britishlibrary]

Signed, sealed and kind of delivered #onthisday in 1215, here's one of the four surviving copies of #MagnaCarta, digitised and available to view online: https://t.co/yUPZzjVsQO

[Intelligence Squared @intelligence2]

"Statues aren't about remembering history. They are about memorialisation." @DavidOlusoga in our debate on statues in 2018 with @afuahirsch

Here he speaks specifically about Edward Colston. #Bristol #colstonstatue

Watch the full discussion: https://t.co/u9QVKJZsW0

[Rachel Humphreys @rachel_hump]

The toppling of the Edward Colston statue has made me think of this podcast about a lesser known moment of black British history in the city: the 1963 Bristol bus boycott. @AnushkaAsthana spoke to the Mayor of Bristol @MarvinJRees https://t.co/Ss25EtC7zY

[Bristol City Council @BristolCouncil]

We have collected all the signs that were laid in the city after yesterday's #BlackLivesMatter protest so we can preserve them for display in the @mshedbristol

[M Shed @mshedbristol]

"By the late 1730s Bristol had become Britain’s premier slaving port."

There's never been a better time to educate yourself about Bristol, Colston and the slave trade 👇https://t.co/Vrhcrjt1TJ