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
Trade and Empire visitor reactions 4
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A group of visitors interpret objects on display in the Trade and Empire exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery. They discuss their reactions to the objects and what they tell you about the people and processes of slavery.
The roles of museums and their ways of presenting objects and narratives are also discussed.
Filmed at the Whitworth Art Gallery on 2 February 2008.