Your Status: Logged out Log in

How Has the Image of the Georgian house changed? (Why).  

Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Wed Jul 14 2004

Page Preview
Preview
Previous 1 of 2 Next

On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:

How Has the Image of the Georgian house changed? (Why) The 1800's had been seen in a positive way and how Bristol's involvement in trade accelerated its wealth. However, for many years many Bristolians were ashamed of there act in the slave trade and therefore were in denial that this wealth was driven by exportation of black slaves who had to face inhumane conditions. In the present day, Bristol has become more open to its involvement in the slave trade. An example of this is how slavery and plantations are mentioned more as part of Bristol's history. The Georgian house was re-vamped and open in 1997. The advertising leaflet described the house as "an exquisite Georgian house furnished in the style of the period (source Bristol Museum advertising leaflet). This source was written in 1997. Later it was changed to a "West India merchant's town house of 1792 furnished in the...

Get instant access



  • Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
  • Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
  • To see the full version of this document and 150,044 others
Register Now