Breaking The Chains

Equiano's Daughter
The revival of interest into the life of Olaudah Equiano has also revived interest into finding out what happened to his surviving daughter, Joanna. Joanna's life is inextricably linked with her father's - who she was determined who cared for her wellbeing and inheritance, and who she married. I was given only a small window of time to research her life, and what I found only raised more questions in my mind about her. I wondered, like other historical researchers before me, whether she had tried to continue her father's campaign against enslavement, writing pamphlets, attending meetings, organising marches.
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Blind Memory - The Journey Down Painful Memory Lanes
THE Drum Arts Centre in Birmingham, England, was the exhibition venue for "Blind Memory", a multi-media exhibition of images of Africa, Slavery and Resistance. The event which was held on 23rd of August-2007 was organized by the African Community Council for the Regions-ACCR. Thursday the 23rd of August, was the "International Day to commemorate the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
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The firm, concrete conviction
If you believe that the overseas trade in human traffic - Or the overseas trade on goods that sees African countries locked into a cycle of poverty - Or even the overseas trade in ideas that sees Gangster culture, gun worship, Validation of drug use And degradation of women as values to aspire to - If you, like me, believe that these Are terrible chapters in our histories Recognise the part you play in the story today
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Breaking the Chains commission
Breaking the Chains West Midlands are seeking tenders to survey BTC network activities, wider regional events and media coverage of the 2007 Bicentenary and produce a report providing the BTC Network with a sense of what took place during the commemorative year.
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Breaking the Chains Report
In 2006 Breaking the Chains West Midlands was convened by the Black History Foundation as part of a national initiative to to focus on the commemorations of the parliamentary abolition of the slave trade in 1807.The initial vision was to forma series of regional networks to co ordinate commemorative activities and initiatives with Birmingham and the West Midlands forming a national 'hub', and feeding into events that were happening in the major port cities of Liverpool, London and Bristol. At that stage, most of the attention for the Bicentenary was focused on those cities as they had been inextricably linked with the slave trade. The challenge for Breaking the Chains was to highlight the West Midlands' role in the history of slavery and abolition.
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