March 2007 is the bi-centenary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Barnsley Museum Service and Barnsley Archives plan a number of events to mark this:

  1. The Cooper Art Gallery will have an exhibition based on their permanent collection to explore cultural diversity through the stories both in and behind the paintings in the collection.

  2. Cannon Hall Museum will use portraits in its collection, loaned artefacts, documents from Sheffield Archives and research by Northern College to explore Walter-Spencer Stanhope’s friendship with William Wilberforce, the previous generation’s owning of a slave ship and the origins of goods in country houses.

  3. Barnsley Archives has important local documents including a deed of ownership of a number of slaves owned by a family with connections to Liverpool.

In this project, children from two contrasting schools (age 9 to 11) were challenged to work together to create a multimedia package that will be used by schools to explore anti-slavery, diversity and local connections. The children created raps/poetry, poster, banners or t-shirts, facilitated by artists and staff. The group controlled the outcome and the process was recorded as an exemplary project and transferred into an e-learning format.

The project brought together Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens, Cooper Art Gallery, Barnsley Archives, Sheffield Development Education Centre and Northern College. This partnership enabled us to provide an on site/outreach workshop and quality resources that can be used back in the classroom.


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The students created two images as part of their project; one was used as the front cover for their portfolio’s and the second was used to make a poster, banner or t-shirt. All the work created as part of the project will be exhibited at the Cooper Art Gallery in 2007.