| Description | Part of Lancashire Museums' 'ABOLISHED?' project to mark the 200th anniversary of the 1807 Slave Trade Act. Commissioned by Susan Ashworth, project manager, Lancashire Museums.
Himid's text mentions : British wild flowers, African patterns, Lancaster, Preston, Whitehaven, Mali, Nigeria, Ghana, West Africa; Himid's exhibition 'Swallow' at the same venue (2006); representation of Black people in 'The Guardian' newspaper; Himid's Royal College of Art thesis 'Young Black artists in Britain today' (1984); Lake District (the Lakes); Gillows firm; Caribbean magogany; Customs House, St Georges Quay, Lancaster, designed by Richard Gillow; Lancaster slave ship owners Dodshon Foster, William Lindow, and John Satterthwaite; Abolitionists; and Quakers. |