SLAVERY

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SLAVERY
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SLAVERY (page 1)

• YOUR TASK IS AS FOLLOWS
• There are 21 slides in this presentation. On 18
  of them are comments made by the general public
  of Bristol after they had been around an
  exhibition showing how the City of Bristol had
  made a fortune out of slavery.
• These comments are how these people interpreted
  the exhibition. You need to remember that people
  react to things in different ways and that the
  exhibition would have had varying effects on
  everyone who saw it.
• Your job is to put these differing responses
  into categories
• GO TO PAGE 2

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SLAVERY (page 2)

• YOUR TASK IS AS FOLLOWS
• You are going to read each statement and will
  then decide which of the following categories it
  belongs to. Each category has a different
  coloured background, so as soon as you have found
  a match, change the background colour of the
  slide to the correct colour. (Go to FORMAT,
  BACKGROUND, DOWN ARROW BAR, CHOOSE COLOUR, APPLY)
• About slavery in history RED
• About people today YELLOW
• About Bristol today BLUE
• About Bristol in the past GREEN
• About the exhibition ORANGE
• About none of these PURPLE
• One has been done for you already to give you a
  start - Good Luck

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• I dont believe we did anything like that

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• Its about time Bristol acknowledged the fact
  that it was built on the blood of its black
  sisters and brothers.

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• Former colonies renamed themselves. The name of
  Colston needs replacing with slave names on our
  streets and buildings.

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• Acknowledge all of this in a substantial piece of
  sculpture in a prominent position NOT THE SAD
  LITTLE PLAQUE on the industrial museum !

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• Bristolians and others need to take it on board
  as part of their heritage.

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• I hate racist people.From a white kid.

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• Im proud to be black.

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• I explained as much as I could to my 3 and 5 year
  old children. They cried for the black children
  taken away from their parents and forced to
  work.

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• Devastating as a new resident of Bristol. I am
  shocked by my own ignorance, humbled by how much
  suffering and barbarity built this citys
  fortunes.

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• The exhibition should be permanent. Every pupil
  should see it.

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• It makes me MAD that people are still comparing
  us with animals.

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• Good to see no mention of the myths about Jews
  being involved in this horrific trade. It was
  purely a Christian activity.

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• As a black person who has had the advantage of
  visiting the Transatlantic museum in Liverpool, I
  felt this exhibition did not have enough
  information. The fact is it was too polished,
  tailored to the middle class.

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• A very biased exhibition. There were other
  Bristolians (than slave traders). What about the
  non-conformists and Quakers ?

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• A formal public apology needs to be made plus
  some kind of reparation.

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• Sorry ! (white man)

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• Bristol should acknowledge its history. However,
  todays residents are not responsible for their
  predecessors cruelty.

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• Perhaps people will feel about animals in 100
  years time as we feel about slavery today.

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