# Event Details - **Event Name**: City of Edinburgh Tour: African American Liberators Trail - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am – Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm - **Event Description**: Take a walking tour through Edinburgh's connections with 19th century African American liberators, from Ida B. Wells to Frederick Douglass.About this EventProfessor Celeste-Marie Bernier and Dr Nick Batho will guide you to sites where African American freedom-fighters, philosophers, orators, and authors lived, wrote, spoke, and worked in the ‘cause of Freedom’ in Edinburgh.Highlights of the tour include the places where Ida B. Wells, Frederick Douglass, Ellen Craft, William Craft, Josiah Henson, and Amanda Berry Smith delivered heart-soul-spirit-touching speeches to audiences in their thousands.The tour will start at the National Library of Scotland main entrance. It will last approximately one and a half hours, ending at the Assembly Rooms on George Street. Weather appropriate clothing and footwear is advised. Everyone is welcome on this tour which is suitable for adults and families. The route has been designed to be accessible to wheelchair users.Please get in touch with us if you have any access requirements you think we should know about.About the guidesProfessor Celeste-Marie Bernier is Professor of United States and Atlantic Studies at the University of Edinburgh.Dr Nick Batho is a historian of United States cultural politics and lectures at Durham University. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/37ebf570-08cb-11f1-b6c3-c3694e9a4e40-rimg-w1200-h448-dc000000-gmir.png - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edinburgh/city-of-edinburgh-tour-african-american-liberators-trail/100001982619534398 - **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, art, literary-art, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Edinburgh - **state**: SC - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: National Library of Scotland - **lat**: 55.9477473 - **long**: -3.1916784 - **full address**: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: City of Edinburgh Tour: African American Liberators Trail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/940df1e93cc1cec940d277848de6233a1ff1f599bd49204deb61cc3d1f7b82af-rimg-w1200-h675-dca7a7a7-gmir.jpg?v=1770980453 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is City of Edinburgh Tour: African American Liberators Trail being held? - **A:** City of Edinburgh Tour: African American Liberators Trail takes place on Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am to Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm at National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing City of Edinburgh Tour: African American Liberators Trail? - **A:** City of Edinburgh Tour: African American Liberators Trail is organized by National Library of Scotland. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "City of Edinburgh Tour: African American Liberators Trail", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/940df1e93cc1cec940d277848de6233a1ff1f599bd49204deb61cc3d1f7b82af-rimg-w1200-h675-dca7a7a7-gmir.jpg?v=1770980453", "startDate": "2026-02-27", "endDate": "2026-03-13", "url": "https://allevents.in/edinburgh/city-of-edinburgh-tour-african-american-liberators-trail/100001982619534398", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "National Library of Scotland", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "George IV Bridge", "postalCode": "EH1 1EW", "addressLocality": "Edinburgh", "addressRegion": "SC", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "55.9477473", "longitude": "-3.1916784" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Take a walking tour through Edinburgh's connections with 19th century African American liberators, from Ida B. 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