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Celeste-Marie Bernier, Pero and Pinney Exhibit, Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 3, December 2001, Pages 1007–1012, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/88.3.1007-a
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Georgian House, 7 Great George St., Bristol BS1 5RR, England.
Permanent exhibition. Sa–W 10–5 April–Oct.; admission free.
These exhibitions—Liverpool's “Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity,” which was opened first (by Maya Angelou in October 1994), and Bristol's “‘A Respectable Trade?’: Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery” (March 1999)—provoke questions of importance for the study of slavery in both academic and public contexts. How does Britain remember its involvement in the triangular slave trade? What emphasis should be placed on local versus transatlantic contexts? How do academic debates, such as those concerning slave resistance and violence, fit into the narrative provided? If the focus is comparative, how are countries and nationalities represented? What emphasis is given to North American involvement in slavery and the slave trade? How can this material be conveyed to diverse audiences? These exhibitions also raise linguistic issues as they question the terms used not only to describe slaves but also to discuss slavery as an institution.
