Africans and the Atlantic World in eighteenth-century Ulster
About this event
In October 1791, the same month in which the Society of United Irishmen was established, Olaudah Equiano visited Belfast to promote his account of his life, The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavius Vassa, The African: written by himself. While in Belfast, Equiano attended a meeting of the Belfast Charitable Society - a society established in 1752, whose supporters included the prominent merchant Waddell Cunningham. Taking Equiano's visit as a starting point, this talk will reflect on Ulster's connections with the wider eighteenth-century Atlantic World and explore the fragmentary stories of some other Africans who are known to have come to Ulster at this time. Our speaker: Dr Jonathan Wright is a historian of the long eighteenth century and lecturer in British and Irish History at Maynooth University. His research focuses on politics and political culture, Ireland's connections with empire and the Atlantic World, and Irish urban history, particularly eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Belfast.
Event details
- Date
- Monday, 26 October 2026
- Start time
- 00:00
Getting there & venue info
Belfast, See venue website, Belfast .
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Africans and the Atlantic World in eighteenth-century Ulster is on Monday, 26 October 2026 at Belfast, Belfast. The listed start time is 00:00 (UK time).
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Where is Belfast?
Belfast is at See venue website, , Belfast.
