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
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Legacies: Commemorating the bicentenary of British abolition
About these articles: These articles were written by a number of different authors. They discuss the commemoration of the bicentenary of the British abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
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.
A History of the Benin Bronzes by Tony Phillips An extract from the Trade and Empire exhibition at The Whitworth Art Gallery
Monuments and memorials by Dr Alan Rice
William Hogarth and Godfried Donkor An extract from the Trade and Empire exhibition at The Whitworth Art Gallery 2007
From slave coast to oil rivers An extract from the Trade and Empire exhbition at The Whitworth Art Gallery
Commerce and collecting An extract from the Trade and Empire exhibition at The Whitworth Art Gallery