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[Originally posted at Libstaff Links - April 17, 2007]

"Abolition of the British Slave Trade, 1807," a mini-exhibit now in the small exhibit cases near the Lantern entrance, showcases rare materials commemorating the bicentennial of the end of England's trade of slaves from Africa.

Esmeralda Kale, Bibliographer of Africana, and Kathleen Bethel, African American Studies Librarian, created the display in homage to the historical event, to complement the "Fifty Years of African Independence" exhibit, and to recognize the success of the Art History department's recent conference, "Out of Sight: New World Slavery and the Visual Imagination." The exhibit features important publications from the Rare Books collection of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies and from the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections.

A new web site for the exhibit will be updated soon with documentation of the materials included.

Poster by John Kannenberg

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Last reviewed: August 31, 2007