Untold Stories - Museum of Liverpool
Untold Stories: Black families in the First World War
“When War was declared in 1914, Liverpool had a long established, but small, Black community of about 3,000 people. Most of the families lived in the Liverpool 8 area, close to the South Docks. During the war period, a number of men from Africa and the Caribbean also settled in the city and the community expanded. These stories, first displayed in 2014, were captured through public appeals, family history research workshops or unearthed by historian Dr Ray Costello. Through them, we could begin to fill a gap in our knowledge of Liverpool’s First World War.”
National Museums Liverpool commissioned Faith to create a wall relief featuring those family names that featured in the research. The completed wall relief was part of the exhibition at the Museum of Liverpool, launched during Black History Month in 2014. Faith was delighted to meet members of the Quarless Family whose name features on the piece. Read more about those family histories via the link.
