Category Archives: Abolition 200

Whitewash? Postscript

Posted on March 27, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Big shout out to Toyin Agbetu of Ligali, whose generally rather poor performance – by his outspoken standards – at the Points West abolition debate on Sunday, The Blogger thought not worth mentioning. Well the boy’s certainly come good today … Continue reading →

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Whitewash? Addendum

Posted on March 26, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

According to today’s Evening Post one third of the seats at yesterday’s slavery abolition whitewash church service at Bristol Cathedral were empty. 850 tickets were apparently issued to “civic leaders” for the invitation-only event and 250 of them failed to … Continue reading →

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Whitewash?

Posted on March 25, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Big up to Bristol-based Operation Truth 2007 who interrupted today’s service at Bristol Cathedral celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Protestor Jendayi Serwah was led away by police after getting into the Cathedral and banging … Continue reading →

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