SLAVE TRADE WALK (MARCH 08)

A lovely afternoon walk at College Green with our usual well experienced guide, Elvyn.

From College Green, we went on to the harbour side, and then on to Arnolfini where we hear about Cabot’s discovery of the North America continent that led to the rise of ‘slavery business’. We crossed over to the river side where Elvyn told us gruesome tales on the condition and treatment of the slaves in the 16th century. People were not only chained worse than animals, but were stamped with hot iron metal to identify their owners. The ironmongers were located a stone throw away at Bedminster.

We were led on to Redcliffe and then on to ‘The Hole in the Wall’ pub. One can easily imagine the tales with the site being showed as such. The actual hole in the wall vividly existed till this day. We walked a few minutes more into Queen Square where the rich merchants used to live before ending the walk in the vicinity. This enlightening and challenging walk concludes our series of walks on the Slave Trade for this term.