Transatlantic Trafficked Enslaved African Corrective Histioical ( TTEACH) Plaques, a descendant- led initiative, moves from London to Ashton Court mansion, Bristol and opens the exhibition, 50 Plaques and Places in its 3rd Place.

TTEACH Plaques was founded in 2020 by Gloria Daniel, whose great-great-grandfather, John Isaac, was born into chattel slavery. TTEACH advocates for reparative interventions by installing permanent plaques to contextualise cathedrals, churches, universities, schools, and grand homes that falsely honour individuals who profited from the trafficking and enslavement of African people and their descendants.

The exhibition adds a new dimension to Bristol with a wall of plaques highlighting the 96 Bristolians who received compensation for more than 25,000 people. The Ashton Court exhibition is particularly significant as the last owner before Bristol City Council acquired the property was the great-great-granddaughter of Alderman Daniel. Alderman Daniel received one of the largest compensation awards from the British Government for the loss of ‘his property’, which included Gloria Daniel’s great-great-grandfather, John Isaac.
We are grateful to Artspace for this space and we are jointly working on a corrective historical plaque for this site marking Ashton Court as a Site of Conscience.

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