Slavery: Unfinished Business Conference, WISE, University of Hull

Slavery: Unfinished Business Conference, WISE, University of Hull

Location:	United Kingdom
Conference Date:	2007-05-16 (Archive)
Date Submitted:	2007-03-06
Announcement ID:	155841

200 years on from the abolition of the British slave trade, slavery continues to blight millions of lives. The emancipation movement still has unfinished business.

This international conference, marking the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade, will be held at the University of Hull on 16-19 May 2007.

Keynote speakers include:
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Patron of WISE
The Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Minister for Culture
Professor Kevin Bales, Free the Slaves
Dame Helen Suzman

Jane Ellison
Conference Organiser
WISE (Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation)
University of Hull
T: +44 (0)1482 305182
F: +44 (0)1482 305184

Email: j.ellison@hull.ac.uk
Visit the website at http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise/2007

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