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: stereotypes, racism and the civil rights movement
MOSI event: Greg writer and poet
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An event was held to invite people to discuss the question 'Did slaves build Manchester?'
A Manchester writer and poet, Greg, reads some of his works.
Filmed at the Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) on 1 March 2008.