Revealing Histories: Remembering Slavery

About these articles: These articles were written by a number of different authors. They discuss the process of European colonisation, indentured labour from Asia and the ongoing exploitation and global inequalities today.

Please note that the views expressed are personal perspectives by the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Revealing Histories museum and gallery partners.

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• British attitudes to 'others' by Marika Sherwood

• A History of the Benin Bronzes by Tony Phillips An extract from the Trade and Empire exhibition at The Whitworth Art Gallery

• Servants, hard labour and slaves by Dr Alan Rice

• Slavery over time and the abuse of human rights by Dr Alan Rice

• The empire of Benin and its cultural heritage by Kuljit 'Kooj' Chuhan

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