Emancipation Acts

Emancipation Acts

Project lead: Glasgow Life in association with African Caribbean Cultures Glasgow

Join us for the inaugural Scottish celebration of Emancipation Day, celebrated annually across the Caribbean. Make your way around locations in Glasgow’s Merchant City as we bring to life the story of the city’s role in Caribbean slavery using drama, dance and music. Find out why the Gallery of Modern Art would not exist but for the slave trade. Tread the path taken by wealthy Glasgow merchants on their return from the slave plantations. Hear about the abolitionist movement and the Glaswegians who supported emancipation.

Directed by Alan McKendrick, inspired by an original idea from African Caribbean Cultures Glasgow and historian Stephen Mullen’s book It Wisnae Us.

30, 31 July, 1 August

Tickets are FREE and can be booked online here, by calling 0141 353 8000 or in person at the City Halls Box Office.