{"id":317,"date":"2016-10-27T13:28:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T12:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crab.port.ac.uk\/?p=317"},"modified":"2016-11-28T17:19:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T17:19:20","slug":"black-preachers-in-georgian-portsmouth-public-lecture-by-ryan-hanley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crab.port.ac.uk\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Black Preachers in Georgian Portsmouth&#8217;: Public lecture by Ryan Hanley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honour of Black History Month, please join us\u00a0on Monday, 31st October (refreshments from 5:30) in DS 2.14 for the following talk:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Preachers in Georgian Portsmouth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Portsmouth is not the first place that springs to mind when we imagine the eighteenth-century black British presence. But, as \u2018the world\u2019s greatest naval port\u2019, it served as one of the main entry points for African and African-American sailors travelling to Britain. When they arrived among the dirt, noise and drunkenness of the industrialising port city, some of these individuals took it upon themselves to save the souls of Portsmouth\u2019s \u2018poor sinners\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>What did these pioneering figures make of Pompey, and how were they treated by the locals when they arrived? What exactly did they preach here? And how did they carve out a life for themselves during an age of slavery? In celebration of black history month, this paper explores the experiences of three key black preachers in Georgian Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event is free, but to help us ensure there are sufficient refreshments, please book your place here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blackpreachers.eventbrite.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/blackpreachers.eventbrite.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Hanley is Salvesen Junior Fellow in History at New College Oxford. He is the author of several articles on black intellectuals in eighteenth-century Britain, and is co-editor, with Katie Donington and Jessica Moody, of\u00a0<em>Britain\u2019s History and Memory of Transatlantic Slavery<\/em>\u00a0(Liverpool UP, 2016). Ryan is currently working on a monograph on black writing in Britain between 1770 and 1830.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"318\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/crab.port.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=318\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crab.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Hanley-talk-October-2016.png?fit=2480%2C3508&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2480,3508\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hanley-talk-october-2016\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crab.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Hanley-talk-October-2016.png?fit=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-318\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crab.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Hanley-talk-October-2016-212x300.png?resize=212%2C300\" alt=\"hanley-talk-october-2016\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crab.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Hanley-talk-October-2016.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crab.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Hanley-talk-October-2016.png?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crab.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Hanley-talk-October-2016.png?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crab.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Hanley-talk-October-2016.png?resize=500%2C707&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crab.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Hanley-talk-October-2016.png?w=1620&amp;ssl=1 1620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crab.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Hanley-talk-October-2016.png?w=2430&amp;ssl=1 2430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honour of Black History Month, please join us\u00a0on Monday, 31st October (refreshments from 5:30) in DS 2.14 for the following talk: Black Preachers in Georgian Portsmouth Portsmouth is not the first place that springs to mind when we imagine the eighteenth-century black British presence. But, as \u2018the world\u2019s greatest naval port\u2019, it served as one of the main entry points for African and African-American sailors travelling to Britain. When they arrived among the dirt, noise and drunkenness of the industrialising port city, some of these individuals took it upon themselves to save the souls of Portsmouth\u2019s \u2018poor sinners\u2019. 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