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
Legacies: Commemorating the bicentenary of British abolition
Powerhouse event group discussion 4
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A group of people discuss different aspects of slavery through a selection of museum objects. They have emotional responses based on their personal connections through their heritage to these aspects of the past.
Filmed at the Powerhouse Centre on 27 March 2008.