'Eyebrows on Fire- Bristol and Abolition' was rushed into print in time for the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade and provides a welcome source of positive information on the city and its people. It expands on the previous book, 'The Bristol Slavery and Abolition Trail' puts Bristol and its people into the wider context of international abolition and includes a timeline. It discusses the importance of sailors and the Royal Navy in abolition, and the significance of the act to later human rights activities, especially womens' rights. Several fascinating but little known local characters are featured, such as John Weeks, whose memorial is on the cover, patriotic publican, coachmaster and supporter of good causes who appeared in one of many abolitionist plays at Bristol's Theatre Royal. Also Mary Robinson, who wrote abolition poetry but was mistress of the pro slavery MP Banaste Tarleton of Liverpool, and Elizabeth Blackwell, daughter of a sugar refiner and the world's first female doctor.
Available at Stationery World, Park St; Bristol Cathedral Shop; Wesley's New Room, Broadmead; British Empire and Commonwealth Museum; Bristol Record Office; Grant Bradley Gallery, Bedminster Pde;St Mary Redcliffe Church; David Simon Gallery Lower Park Row; Bloom & Curl Colston St
or mail order : send £4.50 to PO Box 2460. Bristol BS3 9WP
ISBN No. 978-0-9551010-3-8
Make a free website at Freewebs.com