"Freedom and Liberty" - Archive Awareness 2007

Archive Awareness Campaign has launched, with archives across the UK and Ireland planning special events to commemorate the history of human rights. Over a hundred archives are planning showcases, open days, workshops and many other activities to celebrate their holdings of original documents and tell stories of freedom to new audiences in the most inspiring ways possible. The theme of the 2007 campaign is "Freedom and Liberty", looking at the struggle for rights in history, including the Chartists, the Suffragettes and the 200th anniversary of the Parliamentary abolition of the transatlantic slave trade