The University of Liverpool's Centre for the Study of International Slavery (CSIS) has been awarded funding for a series of events which will help local children and young people learn about Liverpool's role in the slave trade.
This funding, from the US Embassy, aims to enhance understanding of Liverpool's connection with the United States through the history of slavery, its legacies and representation across the city.
The events, entitled Beyond Walls, Borders, and Barriers: Liverpool's US Connection - Slavery and its Legacies will include workshops that introduce local children and young people to museums, archives, and cultural centres around the city such as the International Slavery Museum. This includes visits to the University of Liverpool campus and archives.
Those participating in the workshops will engage with and consider different historical narratives around slavery through art exhibitions, film screenings and walking tours of the city of Liverpool with prominent historians.
