Tag Archives: slavery

A flying visit to Helmsley

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

On our way north for the latest Silent Eye weekend, we could not resist calling in at the Yorkshire town of Helmsley and paying a flying visit to the church. It seemed appropriate, as it is with our first visit … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Art, Churches, History, Photography, Rooted in the Land, Sacred sites | Tagged All Saints, fresco, Helmsley, murals, slavery, wall paintings, yorkshire | 10 Comments

Rashida’s World~ Adele #writephoto

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Sue Vincent

She ran to the stone. It was her escape from her world. She always made sure she was alone before she clung to its sides, said the words and was transported to another world—a world where slavery didn’t exist. One … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged bouquet, concubine, escape, figure, girl, god, Life, open field, plantation, preaching, slave, slavery, stone, transported, wild flowers, world | Leave a comment

The Harrogates ~ A Heart for Africa #writephoto

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Sue Vincent

After having lunch in the market town of Pickering, the tour group made their way up the narrow, twisted path flanked by colorful hedges and shrubs, paused to take photos of the stone monument before trekking across the sprawling acres … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged fiction, human rights, photo prompt, relationships, slavery | 3 Comments

Carved in blood – Iain Kelly #writephoto

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Sue Vincent

They carried him over their heads, then strapped him down to the ceremonial rock they had spent the last six months carving out of the rocks and boulders. The sun broke through the dark storm sky, a fiery red glow … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged abolition, africa, black, blood, britain, carved, creative writing, fiction, flash fiction, human trafficking, illegal, literature, navy, outlaw, outpost, revolt, settlers, short story, slave, slave trader, slavery, story, Thursday Photo Prompt, trade, white, writing, writing prompt | 3 Comments

Champagne

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Porcelain ghosts With hearts of ice… Prisoners of steel Haunt a concrete universe, Poisoned by champagne And their fat god of desire. They wake in the dark, When night cools their fever; A broken child within Remembers itself, Longing for … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged corporate hell, inner child, lost magic, mmodern life, nine to five, slavery | 6 Comments

Hope is around the corner – Michelle Lunato #writephoto

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

For months she had been hiding things. I few dollars here. An old, but valuable ring there. Little things that he would not notice. Insignificant things that would not warn him about her eventual escape. Some may call her hiding of things theft, … Continue reading →