{"id":2894,"date":"2026-10-16T13:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:42:30","slug":"launch-of-the-register-of-british-slave-traders-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/2026\/10\/16\/launch-of-the-register-of-british-slave-traders-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of the Register of British Slave Traders Database"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> Wednesday 21 October 2026<br><strong>Time:<\/strong> 1.30\u20133.00 pm<br><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Lancaster University Library, The Combined Event Spaces<br><strong>Format:<\/strong> In person and online<br><strong>Tickets:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dukeslancaster.org\/whats-on\/theatre\/litfest-nick-radburn-will-pettigrew\">In-person tickets<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcast.io\/c\/4y4nmmnvan6v\">Online tickets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How did Atlantic slavery shape Lancashire and Britain? Join Professor Will Pettigrew and Dr Nick Radburn for the launch of the <em>Register of British Slave Traders Database<\/em>, chaired by Dr Sunita Abraham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2021, Will Pettigrew and Nick Radburn have led a major research project at Lancaster University, working with colleagues from UCL and the University of Manchester to investigate Britain&#8217;s slave-trading networks. The project has now culminated in an accessible database bringing together new research and historical data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this public lecture, Nick Radburn will explore how Atlantic slavery shaped Lancashire, presenting findings that challenge previous understandings of the county&#8217;s historical relationship with the slave trade. Will Pettigrew will discuss what the database reveals about Britain as a whole, tracing the wealth generated by slave traders into organisations across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join the discussion to discover how this research is reshaping our understanding of British history and the enduring legacies of Atlantic slavery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Book your place:<\/strong> Attend in person at Lancaster University Library or join online using the ticket links above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Wednesday 21 October 2026Time: 1.30\u20133.00 pmVenue: Lancaster University Library, The Combined Event SpacesFormat: In person and onlineTickets: In-person tickets | Online tickets How did Atlantic slavery shape Lancashire and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1978,"featured_media":2896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[89,63,50],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upcoming-events-public","tag-british-slave-trade","tag-decolonising-lancaster","tag-lancaster-university"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/files\/2026\/10\/LU-Litfest-Wed-21-Oct-A4.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2897,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions\/2897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}