Reposted by Annabelle GilmoreLambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 24/07/2026⛵ New Exhibition Opens Today! ⛵ Mariners: Religion, Race and Empire at Lambeth Palace Library, in collaboration with the University of Bristol. 24 July – 11 September 2026. For more information, see www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/mariners-rel... 035
Reposted by Annabelle GilmoreWomen's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Seminar klaxon! 📣 We're delighted to welcome Sylvia Arthur to the seminar series on Tuesday 30th June, 4pm-5pm BST. Sylvia will be giving a paper titled, 'Unleashing the Tides of Muteness: A Woman's Oral History of West Africa'. Sign up using the link below: womenshistorynetwork.org/join-us-for-...womenshistorynetwork.orgJoin us for our next seminar, ‘Unleashing the Tides of Muteness: A Women’s Oral History of West Africa’ with Sylvia ArthurWe are very excited to welcome Sylvia Arthur to the Women’s History Network, who will be giving a paper titled, ‘Unleashing the Tides of Muteness: A Women’s Oral History of West Africa&… 1107
Annabelle Gilmore @bellamehistory.bsky.social · 14/04/2026This is the second in hopefully a long series of events that we are doing at Lambeth Palace Library. Please do join if you can! 010
Reposted by Annabelle GilmoreLambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Join us for Routes in the Records II on Saturday 11th April for a chance to connect with and reflect on the Church of England's Black History at the Archives. 256
Reposted by Annabelle GilmoreLambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Join us for an open day with the chance to connect with and reflect on the Church of England's Black History at the Archives. 153
Reposted by Annabelle GilmoreLambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 10/10/2025This handbill makes a curiosity out of a young Black girl with the condition that today we call albinism, making her skin white and her hair blonde. We can be fairly confident that this handbill is referring to Amelia Newsham. 141
Reposted by Annabelle GilmoreDr Rebecca Hall WakeProductions @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 06/10/2025www.kickstarter.com/projects/wak...kickstarter.comWake ProductionsAn AfroFuturist Education Project in the Black Radical Tradition 063
Reposted by Annabelle GilmoreMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/08/2025'The research by independent scholar Desirée Baptiste shows that George IV, who ruled for a decade until 1830, received profits from enslaved labour on Grenadian plantations – a finding that experts say heightens pressure on the monarchy to confront its historical links to slavery.' 1/3theguardian.comNew research reveals King George IV profited from slavery in GrenadaExperts say finding heightens pressure on the monarchy to confront its historical links to slavery 45526
Annabelle Gilmore @bellamehistory.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Yesterday I officially became Dr Annabelle Gilmore at the University of Birmingham 🎉 Thank you to all the people who helped me along the way, especially my supervisors! 3111
Annabelle Gilmore @bellamehistory.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Thank you for having me! I had a great time and some very interesting discussions! 041
Annabelle Gilmore @bellamehistory.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I will be talking all about my work in London for the British History in the Long 18th Century seminar series next month. How are histories of enslavement part of the history of some east Asian luxury objects? Come and find out www.history.ac.uk/events/i-sha...history.ac.uk‘I shall describe no more’: Reconnecting Black Histories to the Beckford Collection at Charlecote Park 062
Annabelle Gilmore @bellamehistory.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Adding to my reading list. The effects of slavery continue to have an impact today and some still reap the benefits of that forced labour. Drax of Drax Hall by Paul Lashmar review – forensic exposé of a British dynasty built on slavery www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...theguardian.comDrax of Drax Hall by Paul Lashmar review – forensic exposé of a British dynasty built on slaveryThis timely and important book reveals Barbados plantation owner James Drax to be the equal of Robert Clive or Cecil Rhodes in his profiteering from human misery 010
Annabelle Gilmore @bellamehistory.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Check out my work in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society with Kristy Warren and Montaz Marché bit.ly/3Y6IdM3bit.lyEmerging Scholars Researching Black British Histories (mid-Eighteenth to mid-Nineteenth Centuries) | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | Cambridge CoreEmerging Scholars Researching Black British Histories (mid-Eighteenth to mid-Nineteenth Centuries) 1103