Exploring the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on modern Britain
The Nottingham Slave Trade Legacies Group (NSTL) were formed in 2014 to explore the extent to which UK heritage attractions acknowledge their links to the transatlantic slave trade - the forced migration of 12-15 million people from Africa to work in the Western American colonies between the 16th and 19th centuries.
Blood Sugar
The NSTL's latest poetry film, Blood Sugar, explores the impact of the slave trade on Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire. Lord Byron sold the Abbey in the early 1800s to Thomas Wildman, who used his wealth gained from Jamaican sugar plantations to restore the property to its current glory.
Other films co-produced by the group include and .
In recognition of their outstanding contribution to University research, the NSTL Group were awarded a Longstanding Volunteer Award by Vice Chancellor Shearer West in October 2018.
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