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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260916T180000
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/book-launch-the-slave-trader-by-
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SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Book Launch: The Slave Trader by Ben Shaw
DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis discussion event marks the launch of Ben Shaw's new b
 ook which charts the life of Bryan Blundell\, co-founder of the Bluecoat\,
  whose fortune was bound to the transatlantic slave trade.\n\n\n\n\nThe Bl
 uecoat building began as a charity school for orphans\, co-founded by Brya
 n 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 hidde
 n costs that underpinned them. Panelists include Bluecoat Director of Cult
 ural Legacies Bryan Biggs and Researcher Janaya Pickett.\n\nFree\, book
 ing required\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Literature & Poetry,Talks
LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K
 ingdom
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