Broad Street

The first open meeting in Bristol on the abolition of the slave trade occurred in 1788, in the medieval Guild Hall (now demolished), Broad Street. A petition was drawn up there and signed by, among others, Alderman John Harris, George Daubeny, Josiah Tucker, by then the Dean of Gloucester, the Dean of Bristol, the Baptist minister Caleb Evans and the radical minister of Lewins Mead congregation, John Estlin.