This article offers new perspectives on the commemorative events organized around the UK in 2007 to mark the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act (1807). Drawing from the resources contained in Remembering 1807, a digital archive of information about nearly 350 events and exhibitions held in 2007, it offers a closer look at the variety, diversity and creativity of projects organized by heritage organizations and community groups from all parts of the UK. While agreeing that much of the national narrative focused on the celebratory aspects of Britain’s role in abolition, we argue that many other projects gave voice to a wide range of concerns relating to transatlantic slavery, challenging participants to rethink the boundaries of slavery and abolition in Britain’s public history. This included highlighting the role of transatlantic slavery in hitherto unexplored areas of British history, in local stories and in broader narratives of Britain’s commercial, military, and imperial expansion. Other projects drew attention to the lasting legacies of slavery, emphasized stories of resistance or celebrated the Black presence in Britain. Recognizing these other perspectives within the commemorative impulse in 2007 can help us to (re)orientate future memory work around Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery.

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记得1807年：档案中的教训

本文提供了有关2007年在英国各地组织的纪念性活动的新观点，以纪念废奴贸易法案（1807年）诞生200周年。利用《回忆1807》中包含的资源，这是有关2007年举办的近350个活动和展览的信息的数字档案，它更详尽地介绍了英国各地遗产组织和社区团体组织的项目的多样性，多样性和创造力。虽然同意大部分国家叙述都集中在英国废除奴隶制的庆祝方面，但我们认为许多其他项目也表达了与跨大西洋奴隶制有关的广泛关切，挑战了参与者重新思考英国奴隶制和废除奴隶制的界限公共历史。这包括强调跨大西洋奴隶制在迄今尚未探索的英国历史，地方故事以及英国的商业，军事和帝国扩张的广泛叙述中的作用。其他项目提请注意奴隶制的持久遗产，强调抵抗的故事或庆祝黑人在英国的存在。在2007年的纪念性冲动中认识到这些其他观点可以帮助我们围绕英国在跨大西洋奴隶制中的作用来（重新）调整未来的记忆工作。