A Bittersweet Heritage: Slavery, Architecture and the British Landscape Perry Victoria
A Bittersweet Heritage: Slavery, Architecture and the British Landscape Perry Victoria The 2020 toppling of slave-trader Edward Colston's statue by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol was a…
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A Bittersweet Heritage: Slavery, Architecture and the British Landscape Perry Victoria
The 2020 toppling of slave-trader Edward Colston's statue by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol was a dramatic reminder of Britain's role in trans-Atlantic slavery, too often overlooked. She reveals how profits from Caribbean sugar plantations fed the opulence of stately homes and landscape gardens. Yet the legacy of that predatory economy reaches far beyond bronze memorials; it continues to shape the entire visual fabric of the country.Architect Victoria Perry explores the relationship between the wealth of slave-owning elites and the architecture and landscapes of Georgian Britain.
New artistic centers like Bath emerged, while investment in poor, remote areas of Wales, Cumbria and Scotland led to their Trade in slaves and slave-grown products also boosted the prosperity of ports like Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow, shifting cultural influence towards the Atlantic west.