Whitehaven attraction launches new National Lottery funded project ‘The Rum Story Re-Imagined’
The Rum Story, a Whitehaven heritage attraction, is launching a new project ‘The Rum Story Re-Imagined’.
This new 12 month project has been made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players. It will be delivered by a partnership between Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners and local charity Anti Racist Cumbria.
The Rum Story is a visitor attraction which tells the history of the Jefferson’s family business which involved rum, shipping and the trading and enslavement of African people.
The history of the Jefferson family sits alongside a wider history of Whitehaven as a town with an established shipbuilding past. This was able to happen due to wealth generated from local mining which was invested into the docks during the 1700s.
Whitehaven was one of the most important ports in the country, and this allowed some people in Whitehaven, such as the Jeffersons, to generate wealth through their involvement in the trading of enslaved African people.
Throughout the project, The Rum Story will be looking at ways they can better tell the history of the Jeffersons, and of Whitehaven.
A key part of this project will be connecting with Whitehaven’s communities to reveal, and re-engage with this history together.
Over the next 12 months, there will be several opportunities for people in Whitehaven to participate.
To find out more, visit www.rumstory.co.uk/
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