(Source: Imperial Entanglements)
We learned of a
Call for Delegates for a workshop on various aspects of the 19th
century Zulueta slave trade case. Here the call:
The workshop
will take place at The Wallace Collection in London
20 November 2018
The Zulueta
family name is not very well known outside of Basque and some slave trade
historiography. However, one of the family members, Pedro José de Zulueta
(1809-82) is unique for two reasons. Pedro José de Zulueta was put on trial at
the Old Bailey for the crime of slave trading in 1843 and, after he was
acquitted, he published a monumental tome about his trial in order to exonerate
himself further in the eyes of the London merchant community. It is this
publication, The Trial of Pedro de Zulueta, Jun. On a Charge of Slave
Trading, that is at the centre of the workshop.
Running to
almost 500 pages and covering topics from parliamentary inquiries into the
slave trade on the West African coast to the Spanish merchant community of
London, the book is an unwieldy source. It is difficult to get a sense of it as
whole because it is such a convoluted product of its time but it offers a
valuable window on Spanish involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and
British attempts at its suppression. However, to penetrate the source and make
it accessible requires contextualization and a variety of expertise that can
draw out its value. This interdisciplinary workshop will bring together members
of the academic community from diverse fields of expertise to explore the wider
legal, social and cultural context for Zulueta’s book. This is the link to the
book:
Workshop
Format
Each delegate
will be chosen for their expertise in an area that is central to the Zulueta
book. We ask delegates to prepare a talk of no more than 15 minutes, exploring
the text and/or its context from the perspective of their own field of interest.
We’re interested above all in making sense of the society that gave rise to
Zulueta’s trial, and to which his self-defence was addressed. Suggested areas
for discussion include:
Royal Navy
African Coast
History of
London
Catholicism in
London
Slave-trade in
London
London Shipping
Industry
London Business
History
The Legal
aspects of Slave-trade Suppression
The Spanish
Community in London
Cuban
Slave-trade
The Basque
dimension
The Old Bailey
experience
Future
Digital Publication of the Zulueta Book
The goal of this
workshop is to make Zulueta’s book accessible to a wide audience within and
beyond the academy. To this end, the Imperial Entanglements project plans to
produce an annotated digital version of parts of the Zulueta book with
accompanying contextual studies based on the contributions to this workshop.
We particularly
encourage PhD students to participate in the workshop. If you are interested in
presenting please email Dr. Anna Brinkman at:
a.brinkman@warwick.ac.uk
We are not
asking for an abstract at this stage but please email us with your preferred
area of discussion along with a paragraph on how your research can contribute
to the workshop by Friday 12 October 2018.
(Source: Imperial
Entanglements)
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