{"id":2766,"date":"2021-10-15T09:20:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T22:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2022-11-18T15:17:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T04:47:52","slug":"the-stirling-family-connections-with-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2766","title":{"rendered":"The Stirling Family Connections with Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A unique opportunity to hear from family historian Beth Robertson about the well-known local Stirling Family and their past connections to slavery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be a popular event and is constrained in numbers by COVID restrictions, so book early to avoid disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2767\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?attachment_id=2767\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?fit=1810%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1810,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The-Stirling-Family-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?fit=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family-.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?resize=1086%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1086w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?resize=1448%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1448w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1697&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?w=1810&amp;ssl=1 1810w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Stirling-Family--scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A unique opportunity to hear from family historian Beth Robertson about the well-known local Stirling Family and their past connections to slavery. 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