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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20170929
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180903
DTSTAMP:20180116T120156Z
URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/merseyside-maritime-museum-black
 -salt/
SUMMARY:Maritime Museum: Merseyside Maritime Museum: Black Salt
DESCRIPTION:Black Salt\nBritain's Black sailors\n29 September 2017 to 2 Sep
 tember 2018\n\nBlack Salt: Britain’s Black sailors reveals the contribu
 tion Black seafarers have made to some of the most significant maritime ev
 ents of the past 500 years.\n\nThe exhibition is based on the book 'Black 
 Salt: Seafarers of African Descent on British Ships' by historian Ray Cost
 ello. It combines personal stories\, historic data\, objects and memorabil
 ia to chart a course through the often troubled waters of Britain’s mari
 time past and explore the work of Black sailors. Historically overlooked\,
  Black Salt shows how Black seafarers contended with the dangers and hazar
 ds of life at sea\, and challenged inequality on board and ashore.\n\nThe 
 painting 'The Death of Nelson' by Daniel Maclise\, which normally hangs at
  the Walker Art Gallery\, shows that there were sailors of African descent
  who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar. Displays examine the turmoil betwe
 en communities and social change during the 20th century\, with examples f
 rom the 1919 race riots archives and the work of leading Black Activist Ch
 ris Braithwaite\, who campaigned for seafaring workers' rights.\n\nLiverpo
 ol sailors featured in the exhibition include Joseph Gibson\, who served i
 n the merchant navy and fought in the First World War\, and generations of
  both the Quarless and Savage families. Their experiences are told through
  personal items including service books and medals.\n\nElder Dempster was 
 the largest shipping company trading between Europe and West Africa from t
 he late 19th century to the 1980s. The exhibition features collections rel
 ating to the company which\, from the 1950s and 1960s at the height of tra
 de\, employed more than 4000 people including 1400 Nigerians and 400 worke
 rs from Sierra Leone.\n\nThe Black seafaring experience is brought up to d
 ate with a display about current sailors including a profile on Belinda Be
 nnett\, who in 2016 became the first Black female captain working in the c
 ruise industry.
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LOCATION:Maritime Museum\, Albert Dock\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\,
  L3 4AQ\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom
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