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Online event - Breaking the Chain: St Helena and the ending of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Wednesday 27th March, 6-7pm. Register here. Join Sir Brian Unwin, Dr Andrew Pearson and Helena Bennett for a UK-St Helena Heritage Trust...

Martyn Weeds
Feb 11, 20242 min read
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Introducing the UK-St Helena Heritage Trust!
The British Napoleonic Bicentenary Trust is now the UK-St Helena Heritage Trust. Following the passing of the Bicentenary of Napoleon’s...

Martyn Weeds
Jan 30, 20242 min read
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Restoring Jacob’s Ladder
Jacob’s Ladder is a Grade I listed monument adjacent to Jamestown, capital of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena in the South...

Martyn Weeds
Nov 23, 20222 min read
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Britain’s obsession with Napoleon
The death of Napoleon in far off St Helena in May 1821 brought to a crescendo twenty-five years of English-language publishing on the...

Martyn Weeds
Feb 16, 20213 min read
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