Richer Histories: Black British Lives in the 18th Century

The Foundling Museum presents an in-person panel discussion about the presence and diverse experiences of Black people in Georgian Britain.

By the late 18th century, it is estimated over 15,000 Black people lived in people - the result of free and forced migrations; the transatlantic slave trade and oppressive colonial activities. Yet the intricacies of their lives and achievements, beliefs and attitudes and the spaces that ordinary Black people lived and worked in remain obscured. To mark Black History Month, this panel discussion will reveal how the presence and diverse experiences of Black people in Georgian Britain began to shape this country into the multicultural place it is today.

Join Dr Caroline Bressey, Reader in Cultural and Historical Geography at UCL, with an expert panel including Associate Professor Dr Meleisa Ono-George (University of Oxford), Montaz Marche (University of Birmingham) and Dr José Lingna Nafafe (University of Bristol), to delve into this rich and important history.