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Kircudbright, Empire And Slavery

September 7 @ 4:30 pm

A new generation of historians are addressing how and why the British Empire still matters in the 21st century. Join historian Kate Phillips, whose book Bought and Sold: Scotland, Jamaica and Slavery has been described as “excellently researched and readable”, talk about the impact of the Empire and slave trade across Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway – including Kirkcudbright.