Exeter’s multi-coloured history
Who came here? Who lived here? Where in the world did they come from?
Exeter, in south west England, is a city that people often assume has always been White Anglo-Saxon. Our team of community researchers have discovered that's only partly true.
Since its beginning in Roman times, through Saxon and Viking invaders, Medieval Jews and 'Aliens', enslaved Africans and the twentieth century Windrush Generation, Exeter has been, and continues to be multi-cultural.
http://www.tellingourstoriesexeter.org.uk/
The Telling Our Stories Finding Our Roots website is a resource for multicultural education and exploration highlighting the diversity in Devon and Exeter's local history.
The product of our community research project exploring multiculturalism and diversity in Exeter, supporting Black History Month and Exeter’s Respect festival with information on our story-telling events, local history, films and schools activities.
Exeter's Abolitionists
Community Researcher, Di Cooper (with Chantal Kouadio), investigates the Slavery Abolition Movement in Exeter uncovering significant support from the people of Exeter, with leading Quakers, Unitarians, MPs and businessmen among those who supported the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade founded by Thomas Clarkson in 1787. Di has compiled a fascinating array of documents from Exeter Flying Post and other sources which illuminate Exeter's contribution to the Abolitionist's cause.
http://www.tellingourstoriesexeter.org.uk/index.php?page=abolitionists
The image shows the famous "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" design for the medallion created as part of anti-slavery campaign by Josiah Wedgwood, 1787.
