Bluecoat: Book Launch: The Slave Trader by Ben Shaw
Date: 16.9.26
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX
This discussion event marks the launch of Ben Shaw‘s new book which charts the life of Bryan Blundell, co-founder of the Bluecoat, whose fortune was bound to the transatlantic slave trade.
The Bluecoat building began as a charity school for orphans, co-founded by Bryan Blundell in the early eighteenth century. His fortune, like Liverpool’s, was bound to the transatlantic slave trade. Drawing on Blundell’s journal, shipping records, sermons, and civic archives, Ben Shaw’s new book charts his career of prosperity and philanthropy, and the hidden costs that underpinned them. Panelists include Bluecoat Director of Cultural Legacies Bryan Biggs and Researcher Janaya Pickett.
Free, booking required
