THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY AND THE LEGACIES OF EMPIRE PROJECT, 1731–1877
Following on from Trinity College Dublin’s Legacies of Slavery Project, Rachael Scally investigates the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) and its links to slavery and empire. By Rachael Scally Work is ongoing but, to date, research has established that 23 of the Royal Dublin Society’s members and alumni had owned between them 2,260 enslaved people—approximately the … Read more