Thanks, Malik. I'd love to hear more about the archive. Please feel free to get in touch!

Thank you. I'm sure there'll be lots of interesting connections - would be great to chat some time. Can't wait to read the book! Might be a good one for the TNA shop...

In memory of the thousands of enslaved Africans who lost their lives, this 1751 list from Cape Coast Castle is a stark reminder to look beyond the numbers of the trade and emphasise the personhood of each individual enslaved for European gain. Today, we centre them.

We were honoured to be guided through the castle by the Director of Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, who we presented with a 1756 plan from The National Archives - a powerful reminder that records must be paired with material heritage and local knowledge to better understand our shared history.

This was part of a week-long visit to Ghana for my research project, PASSAGE, funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation @lrfheritage.bsky.social. We met with archivists, researchers, and government officials to discuss how PASSAGE can support research in Ghana on the history of transatlantic slavery.

Congrats Emily!

Congrats Randy, that's great news! Well done!

That's great - thanks so much for coming! Good to meet you. I'll try find some time in the diary for a more 'formal' introduction.

Hello, we are expected to work approx. 60% of the week in the office at Kew and this would apply to the researcher role. For the cataloguer job, however, we would likely expect more time on site as most of this work cannot be done from home. Hope that helps!

Thank you so much for tweeting about the project, Margot. Very grateful!

It's a very good question!

A group of us at TNA submitted an 18th century panel, which also wasn't selected because of "lack of space", raising the everpresent question whether the 18th century is "early modern" (mostly yes, if based on the structure of British state records) @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social