Revealing Histories: Remembering Slavery

About these articles: These articles were written by a number of different authors. They reflect the ways in which the Greater Manchester region developed as a consequence of the transatlantic slave trade, especially on the back of slave-grown cotton.

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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• The Manchester Royal Exchange by Dr Emma Poulter

• Fuelling the Industrial Revolution by Dr Alan Rice

• The economic basis of the slave trade by Dr Alan Rice

• Family connections in the economic life of Manchester by Dr Emma Poulter

• Slave-grown cotton in Greater Manchester museums by Dr Emma Poulter

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