An iconic image for "Conspiracy of Angels"

This is a fabulous image which captures in an immensely moving fashion the obscenity and the tragedy of slavery.  It was posted on the Newport Facebook page by Mary Robinson -- and it was drawn in white chalk on a black background by her father Tom Haswell in 1977.  That was when the first serialisation of "Roots" was first broadcast on the BBC -- and Mary thinks the image was based on a "Radio Times" front cover.........

As readers will know, at the core of the story is Martha's chance meeting with a black servant called Elijah Calderon, at Keswick Hall.  She is so moved by the story of Elijah and his sister that -- bit by bit -- she becomes deeply involved in the movement for the abolition of slavery and the prohibition of the slave trade. This -- of course -- leads her into very deep and murky waters......