Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates
The Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (ISWE) is based at Bangor University. It is dedicated to promoting research into the history, impact and functioning of landed estates on a Wales-wide basis.

Slave Wales
Prof Chris Evans discusses the ways in which Wales was connected to Atlantic slavery.

Slavery in Small Things
Prof James Walvin reveals the connections of everyday things to Atlantic slavery.

Sweetness and Power
Sidney W. Mintz outlines the early and massive industrial developments of colonial sugar plantations, decades before the industrialisation of the UK.

Marian Gwyn - Heritage specialist
I can help you share historical connections to slavery, clearly and sensitively

Wikimedia Commons
Source of images used in this website

Penrhyn Castle, National Trust
Information for visitors

Atlantic slave trade
Wikipedia page on Atlantic slave trade

Bangor University Archives and Special Collections
Where the Pennants' Jamaica papers are held. Find out opening details

Dr Shawn Sobers - Slavery and the Country House
Dr Sobers discusses his work on exploring the links between slavery and Britain's country houses.

Jamaica Almanacs
Overview of Jamaica Almanacs held in the National Library, Kingston, Jamaica

Legacies of British Slave-ownership
Details of who received compensation for freeing slaves

Re-presenting slavery - Making a public usable past
'Re-presenting slavery: making a public usable past' is a British Academy funded project that is designed to promote relationships between academic and public historians working on the history of transatlantic slavery and its legacies.

Slavery and the British country house
English Heritage's excellent study into the links between country houses and colonial slavery.