Exploring Culzean Castle: The Life of Scipio Kennedy (Part 1)
Read the first instalment in our blog series about the life of Scipio Kennedy.
Exploring Culzean Castle: The Life of Scipio Kennedy (Part 2)
Read the next instalment of our blog about Scipio’s journey to Culzean Castle, which looks at the Middle Passage and naming traditions.
Exploring Culzean Castle: The Life of Scipio Kennedy (Part 3)
We continue with the story of Scipio Kennedy at Culzean Castle, and take a look at the role he played there.
Exploring Culzean Castle: The Life of Scipio Kennedy (Part 4)
Our blog series about the story of Scipio Kennedy at Culzean looks at Scipio’s manumission.
Exploring Culzean Castle: The Life of Scipio Kennedy (Part 5)
This instalment of our blog series about Scipio Kennedy considers how marriage may have changed his life.
Exploring Culzean Castle: The Life of Scipio Kennedy (Part 6)
Our blog series continues with the story of Scipio Kennedy and his journey into fatherhood.
Exploring Culzean Castle: The Life of Scipio Kennedy (Part 7)
In this instalment of our blog series about Scipio Kennedy, we take a look at Scipio’s later life, which featured weaving, smuggling and a house of his own.
Exploring Culzean Castle: The Life of Scipio Kennedy (Part 8)
The last instalment in our blog series about Scipio Kennedy considers the end of Scipio’s life and how to reflect upon it.
Exploring Culzean Castle: Before the journey
Our intern shares what inspired her research into Culzean Castle’s history and the life of Scipio Kennedy.
Welcoming artist Billy Gerard Frank to Scotland
Artist and filmmaker Billy Gerard Frank has been exploring the stories of Culzean Castle and ‘Scipio’ Kennedy for an exciting film project.
Throwing new light on difficult histories
Our collections contain a considerable number of controversial objects which we can use to reveal the complexities of our heritage and culture.
Encountering Children of Empire symposium
The National Trust for Scotland and the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies (University of Glasgow) held a two-day symposium exploring the histories of children in colonial spaces.
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