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Mapping the legacy of slavery in London’s Docklands
Traces of the transatlantic slave trade continue to exist in the Docklands landscape
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Immigration & Identity
Ignatius Sancho: Writer & early Black voter
After gaining his freedom, this 18th-century writer became one of the first Black voters in Britain
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How to ‘judge’ a book owner by their bookplate
We don’t really judge, but we can definitely get to know a lot about a book’s owner by their customised bookplate
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A View of the Villa, Garden, Ground and Meadow Land at Battersea Rise, Surry (engraving)
Rawle, Samuel, Asperne, James
1803
