Revealing Histories: Remembering Slavery

Questions to consider

How important were machines to the cotton industry?
How did Greater Manchester benefit from cotton?
Why was there so much money to be made from the cotton trade?
Can you compare conditions for cotton workers in Greater Manchester and enslaved Africans on America’s cotton plantations?
Was Manchester ‘built’ on slavery?

External links

A detailed account of the life of Samuel Crompton and the impact that his design of the Spinning Mule had on local cotton industries. 

Spinning the Web invites users to search museum collections in the north west of England through a series of themes including: an account of the period between 1760 to the present day; the impact of cotton on villages, towns and cities; living and working in the mills; how cotton was made and sold and uses of cotton.

A BBC website where Washington Alcott explores the question whether or not Manchester was built on slavery as part of the Revealing Histories project. It includes a ‘slavery tour’ of Greater Manchester focusing on areas directly affected by slavery.