In Greater Manchester
- How money from slavery made Greater Manchester
- The importance of cotton in north west England
- The Lancashire cotton famine
- Smoking, drinking and the British sweet tooth
- Black presence in Britain and north west England
- Resistance and campaigns for abolition
- The bicentenary of British abolition
Global
Colonialism and the expansion of empires
About these objects: These objects from museums and galleries in Bolton, Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale show many representations of colonialism and the expansion of the British Empire in India as well as in Africa.
Printing block, 'Slave' trademark
Tobacco pipe crate stencil, Calabar
Tobacco pipe crate stencil, Kumasi via…
Poster, Nigeria's exports
Ovonramwen, Oba of Benin
Fabric, Golden Harvest
Photographic Montage II
Photographic Montage I
History of the Benin bronzes, Plate…
History of the Benin bronzes, Plate…