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A Free Town

2023/11/28
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Human Resources

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Moya Lothian-McLean: 英国在废奴运动后,面临着如何安置获得自由的奴隶的问题。虽然理论上他们可以在英国自由生活,但实际上英国政府并没有真正欢迎他们。这段历史揭示了英国在奴隶制问题上的复杂性,以及废奴后对这些人的待遇问题。 Melissa Bennett: 我认为,英国在美国独立战争期间承诺,如果黑人奴隶为他们作战,将给予他们自由。战败后,许多曾被承诺自由的黑人无法留在美国,最终一部分人去了加勒比,但大部分人去了英国。然而,这些人在伦敦面临着贫困和歧视,英国政府试图通过将他们重新安置到塞拉利昂来解决这个问题。这个计划既有仁慈的一面,也有推卸责任的一面。在塞拉利昂,不同背景的人融合在一起,形成了克里奥尔文化,但他们仍然面临着种族主义和不平等待遇。英国利用塞拉利昂作为在西非的殖民据点,并试图通过征税来获取更多利益,这导致了当地人民的反抗。 Iyamide Thomas: 作为克里奥尔人,我深感这段历史与英国的独特联系。克里奥尔文化是不同背景的人融合的产物,体现在塞拉利昂的建筑、语言、服装和传统中。然而,克里奥尔人也面临着种族主义和不平等待遇,即使是受过高等教育的医生,他们的薪水也与白人同行不同。英国政府对克里奥尔人的态度是矛盾的,一方面利用他们的才能进行殖民统治,另一方面又对他们进行歧视。塞拉利昂的重新安置计划也暴露出英国殖民政策的虚伪性,他们声称解放奴隶,但实际上却让他们在恶劣的条件下工作,甚至强迫他们服兵役。

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The abolition of slavery in Britain in 1807 and 1834 led to a new question: what would the formerly enslaved people do with their newfound freedom? The British government, rather than offering support, devised a plan to resettle Black people, primarily those who had fought for Britain during the American War of Independence, in Sierra Leone. The first attempt in 1787 largely failed due to lack of support and disease, but it wasn't the end of the resettlement efforts.
  • Abolition of the slave trade in 1807 and slavery in 1834
  • Resettlement of Black people in Sierra Leone
  • Failure of the first resettlement attempt in 1787

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As abolitionist campaigns gained traction in the late 1700s, the population of formerly enslaved people grew. Those who had been enslaved in the British colonies were ‘freed’ - at first in dribs and drabs, then all at once via two landmark pieces of legislation in 1807 and 1834.

But a new question arose: what would the formerly enslaved do with their freedom?

**Featuring ***historian and researcher, Melissa Bennett) and Iyamide Thomas, NHS Engagement Lead, Sickle Cell Society, together they curated *‘The Krios of Sierra Leone)’ exhibitions at the Museum of London.

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