An unquiet grave

Mulji, Huma

Abstract

Meticulously preserved by the Bristol Archives, these documents of planning permissions and building records refer to a port city built largely on the back of the booming slave trade which was the source of Bristol’s dazzling wealth for 200 years. The books are preserved as fastidiously as the information is withheld from the country’s collective memory, history curriculum and contemporary media.

• Exhibition Performance Type: Exhibition
• Start Date: May 18, 2023
• End Date: Aug 13, 2023
• Deposit Date: May 16, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: May 17, 2023
• Keywords: Archives, Bristol Records, Collective Memory, Planning permission, Colonial history, Bristol record office
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10761948
• Additional Information: https://www.rwa.org.uk/products/found-cities-lost-objects-women-in-the-city