Talks & Resources Archive - Wells & Transatlantic Slavery

Talks & Resources

Videos exploring Wells and Transatlantic Slavery

The talks and performances on this page were recorded at the Wells and Transatlantic Slavery Conference held in Wells, Somerset on 16th March 2023 bringing together speakers from Britain and the Caribbean. The talks reveal the findings of historical research that connects Wells to transatlantic slavery and consider the enduring legacies that exist today.

Video, Talk

Opening Welcome

Anne Gell
Acting Dean of Wells Cathedral

Talk, Video

An introduction to the Wells & Transatlantic Slavery Project

Jess Witchell, Wells Cathedral & Susann Savidge, Somerset African Caribbean Network

Video, Talk

Re-thinking African Enslavement

Revd. Dr Carlton Turner
Anglican Contextual Theologian, The Queens Foundation

Talk, Video

Wells, the West Country and the Atlantic World: what’s slavery got to do with it?

Tommy Maddinson
Exeter University & UCL

Video, Talk

Wells Cathedral and Transatlantic Slavery

Professor James Clark
Exeter University

Video, Talk

The Bishops of Bath and Wells – their connection to slavery and its abolition.

Debbie Manners
Exeter University

Video, Talk

Who were the Tudways? Where did they come from and where did the money go?

Stephanie Mathivet
Author

Video, Talk

The Legacy of Slavery in Antigua, and a Call for Reparations

Joy Lawrence OH
Antiguan Historian, Author and Poet

Video, Performance

The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho

Paterson Joseph, Actor and Author
Wells Cathedral School pupils perform Sancho’s “Twelve Country Dances”

Talk, Video

Decolonising Memory

Cleo Lake-Ayiih
Former Lord Mayor of Bristol & Research Associate, Bristol University

Video, Talk

Plenary

Led by Revd. Dr Carlton Turner
Anglican Contextual Theologian, The Queens Foundation