CALL AND RESPONSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW AND SLAVERY

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Introduction

Map from A History of the Island of Barbados, London, 1657

Introduction

About the collections

Pages from Adam Smith's An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations, Glasgow edition, c. 1805

Wealth of Nations

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 

David Smith's Plan of the City of Glasgow and its environs with all the latest improvements

Glasgow

David Smith’s Plan of the City of Glasgow and its Environs with all the Latest Improvements

Photograph of Gilmorehill House with the University Main Building under construction

Gilmorehill

Photograph of Gilmorehill House (with the University main building under construction)  

Appraisement of the slaves, stock, buildings and land of the Invera Estate, Tobago, 28 March 1829

Peggy

Appraisement of the slaves, stock, buildings and land of the Invera Estate, Tobago, 28 March 1829 

General arrangement drawing for the Sailing Vessel Jamaica, 1854

The Jamaica

General arrangement drawing for the Sailing Vessel Jamaica, 1854 

Technical drawing of a feed and retention valve, 1870

Vale Royal Estate

Technical drawing of a feed and retention valve, 1870  

Select parts of the Holy Bible for the use of the Negro Slaves in the British West-India Islands

Slave Bible

Select parts of the Holy Bible for the use of the Negro Slaves in the British West-India Islands

The Waggon Load of Amusement

Language

The Waggon Load of Amusement  

Citron Bug from Sierra Leone, c. 1771

Hab. In Africa Aequin

Citron Bug (Leptoglossus Gonagra)

The Interior of the Academy of Fine Arts, David Allan

Perspective

The Interior of the Academy of Fine Arts, David Allan (1744-1796)  

Pages from the Child's Instructor or Picture Alphabet, Glasgow, early 19th century

B is for Black

The Child’s Instructor or Picture Alphabet