Abolition of the Slave Trade Commemoration Walk - Musselburgh - 25th March
On the day which is exactly 200 years since the Westminster Parliament passed the Act to abolish the Slave Trade, ACTS invites you to take part in a walk from the centre of Musselburgh to the Gardens at Inveresk Lodge.
On the walk we will follow in imagination the steps taken by Robert Wedderburn, the son of James Wedderburn, who owned Inveresk Lodge, and of Rosana , a slave maid on one of his Jamaican plantations. Robert came to Musselburgh in 1795 to visit his father. He did not receive a good welcome - being sent away with "a cracked sixpence" - and became a radical and well known anti-slavery activist in England.
Come along and share in this event during which we will
- mark the success of the efforts of those, slave and free, in Scotland and elsewhere, who struggled to end the Slave Trade
- remember the suffering and inhumane treatment inflicted on those who were enslaved and
- recognise that Scots were complicit in the Trade and profited from it.
Share too in demonstrating that the Churches care about and are prepared to fight against the modern forms of slavery - trafficking; forced and bonded labour; - which still require to be overcome.
The walk will set out at 14.30 from the small band stand in the riverside gardens beside the "Roman" bridge (opposite Inveresk Road) and follow the River Esk Walkway to Inveresk Lodge Gardens.
Please try to be at the starting point by 14.15.
It would be helpful if you would let us know if you plan to come along. Email tommoyes@acts-scotland.org before March 21st.
Notes i) There are several car parks in the centre of Musselburgh but very few parking spaces at Inveresk.
ii) The walk is about a mile and a half in length and is mainly on flat ground.
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