Woven histories of Welsh wool and slavery

Hammond, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5383-7486, ed. 2023. Woven histories of Welsh wool and slavery. Common Threads Press.

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Abstract

Woven Histories of Welsh Wool and Slavery calls attention to the colonial history of the Welsh woollen industry. Made in collaboration with Cardiff University and Coleg Menai, this free e-book aims to improve public knowledge of the ways local histories of woollen production in Wales are implicated in broader global histories of Atlantic slavery and empire. Wool, alongside (and eventually overtaken by) cotton, became the global textile industry of the eighteenth century. British merchants used the cloth to purchase and trade in African captives who were kidnapped to work on plantations in the Americas in the transatlantic slave trade. Plantation owners in the Caribbean and US South used the hand-woven woollen textile to clothe the enslaved labourers. This publication features original artwork by the students of Coleg Menai, interviews with Marcia Dunkley of Black Heritage Walks Network and Liz Millman of Learning Links International, and an essay by historian Chris Evans. This is a bilingual publication, with both Welsh and English versions of each chapter translated by Elin Meek.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Edited Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Modern Languages
Additional Information:	The free e-book can be accessed via the above URL.
Publisher:	Common Threads Press
Funders:	HEFCW Research Wales Innovation
Related URLs:	https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/community/our-... https://www.iwa.wales/agenda/2023/02/wel...
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2025 15:20
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/161028

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