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It's Mary Prince's 230th birthday - the first woman to publish a slave narrative in Britain

Just one of the many texts we study on the MA in

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2018-10-02

This striking (though fragile) early 20th century photo of men in Britain's multi-ethnic merchant navy soon to be catalogued

The image belonged to the Barry branch of the National Sailors & Firemen's Union - if you know the location let us know...

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2019-01-03

in 1570 James Stewart was assassinated in Linlithgow. He had ruled Scotland as regent since the abdication of his half sister in 1567. He was shot by a supporter of Mary in the first recorded assassination by firearm in history

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2019-01-23

The artist Archibald Rees Griffiths (1902-1971) who made an important contribution to the artistic response to the traumatic experience of mining communities between the two world wars, died 1971 https://t.co/3lsV7KCE6O Image:

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2019-04-02

The musician and harpist Thomas David Llewelyn (Llewelyn Alaw) was born at 1828 https://t.co/5RKwoQs2VE

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2019-06-25

Today we launched the the digitsed versions of the Oram Diaries, written by father and son John and Arthur Oram (farmers & land agents from Mayo) who recorded life in Ireland during the mid-1800s to early 1900s

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2019-06-25

“...to truly understand the American outlook in the 18th Century, it is necessary to learn about the British conflicts of the 17th Century - especially the English Civil War.”
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Learn more in Ch 19: The (follow link in bio)
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2019-06-29

Old Royal High School as seen from Regent Road, a 19th century neoclassical doric style building on Calton Hill in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland and landmark monument of the Greek Revival architecture in Scotland.

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2019-07-06

Widojest Week 2019 | Day 4: Fairy Tale

“I had to,” he croaks back, voice foreign and miles away. “My parents… they were going to kill my parents.”

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2019-07-11

Enoch Rowland Jones, euphonium player and singer was born in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Valley 1912 https://t.co/K9ppqcDWAl

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2019-07-19

1803: Irish rebellion of 1803: In opposition to Acts of Union 1800, Robert Emmet led an armed outbreak with working classes, that was easily suppressed. Thomas Paliser Russell & James "Jemmy" Hope also leaders of it. Lasted just 1 day! . . .

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2019-07-23

John Blanke was a 16C black trumpeter in the royal courts. John is thought to be shown here in the Westminster Tournament Roll - a 60ft long illustrated manuscript of Henry VIII’s extravagant pageant held to mark the birth of his male child

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2019-08-05

Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, one of Wales' most influential and versatile composers, was born in 1918 https://t.co/VYMq3GjwOW Image:

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2019-08-19

Granville Sharp (1735-1813) was the unofficial leader of the abolitionist movement in Britain. With the London Committee, he lobbied Parliament for 2 decades to pass the Slave Trade Act of 1807, ending the transatlantic slave trade in the

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2019-08-23

***NEW ARTICLE*** by in on Maria Jane Williams of in the Valley, singer and harpist, and a pioneer in the field of folk music https://t.co/Gan6mLtkPI

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2019-09-03