| Exhibition Review | The Journal of American History, 88.3

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Exhibition Review

"Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity." Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ, England.
      Permanent exhibition, opened Oct. 1994. Daily 10–5; admission free. 4,736 sq. ft. Anthony Tibbles, curator of maritime history.
      Guided walking tours of slavery history trail; group bookings; lectures and slide talks.
      Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity, exhibition guide.
      Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity. Ed. by Anthony Tibbles. (London: HMSO, 1994. 160 pp. Cloth, ISBN 0-11-290545-5. Paper, ISBN 0-11-290539-0. Out of print.)
      Liverpool and Slavery by "Dicky Sam." Ed. by Fritz Spiegel. (Liverpool: Scouse Press, 1985. Paper, £4.50, ISBN 0-901367-32-X.)
      Slavers and Privateers: The Story of a Sorry Chapter in the History of Liverpool, Liverpool Packet No. 5. Ed. by Fritz Spiegel. (Liverpool: Scouse Press, 1973. Paper, £3.45, ISBN 0-901367-23-0.)
     Archives: Merseyside Maritime Museum. Open Tu–Th 10:30–4:40.
     Internet: description of museum collections, information on the exhibition, and an overview of transatlantic slavery <http://www.nmgm.org.uk/maritime/slavery/slaveryframeset.html> (Oct. 4, 2001).

"'A Respectable Trade?': Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery." Bristol Industrial Museum, Princes Wharf, City Docks, Bristol, BS1 4RN, England.
Permanent exhibition (temporarily housed). Opened March 1999 at the Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, moved to the Bristol Industrial Museum, Sept. 1999. Sa–W 10–5 April–Oct., Sa–Su 10–5 Nov.–March; admission free. 2,153 sq. ft. Sue Giles, chief curator at Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery; Madge Dresser, chief adviser.

"Pero and Pinney Exhibit." Georgian House, 7 Great George St., Bristol BS1 5RR, England.
      Permanent exhibition. Sa–W 10–5 April–Oct.; admission free.
      Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery: Catalogue of the Exhibition "'A Respectable Trade?': Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery." Ed. by Madge Dresser and Sue Giles. (Bristol: Bristol Museums & Art Gallery, 2000. 151 pp. Paper, £15.)
      Slave Trade Trail around Central Bristol. By Madge Dresser, Coletta Jordan, and Doreen Taylor. (Bristol: Bristol City Council, 1998. 26 pp. Paper, £1.60.)
      Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery. By Madge Dresser. (Bristol: Bristol Museums & Art Gallery, 1999. Paper, £0.99.)

These exhibitions—Liverpool's "Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity," which was opened first (by Maya Angelou in October 1994), and Bristol's "'A Respectable Trade?': Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery" (March 1999)—provoke questions of importance for the study of slavery in both academic and public contexts. How does Britain remember its involvement in the triangular slave trade? What emphasis should be placed on local versus transatlantic contexts? How do academic debates, such as those concerning slave resistance and violence, fit into the narrative provided? If the focus is comparative, how are countries and nationalities represented? What emphasis is given to North American involvement in slavery and the slave trade? How can this material be conveyed to diverse audiences? These exhibitions also raise linguistic issues as they question the terms used not only to describe slaves but also to discuss slavery as an institution. . . .

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