About this site

Website creator: Marian Gwyn 

Images: All images used on this website, apart from those listed below, were sourced from Wikimedia Commons

Exceptions (taken by the author): Profile picture (this page); cane crusher (Denbigh plantation page); all photos on Slavery Exhibition page. 

I worked for several years for the National Trust, based at Penrhyn Castle, where I was committed to sharing the history of the property, including its links to Atlantic slavery.

In 2007, I was successful in securing Heritage Lottery funding for an exhibition to present this story. This was part of a year-long commemoration promoted by the government for the bicentenary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. The exhibition is now closed.

After leaving the Trust, I completed a doctorate which explores the challenges faced by heritage organisations in acknowledging their assets and artefacts connected to colonial atrocity. 

Find out more about me here.

Dr Marian Gwyn