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
Powerhouse event group discussion 3
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A group of people discuss contemporary forms of fair trade and the links with slavery in the past. Status, wealth and profit are singled out as an ongoing theme. They link different aspects of slavery through a selection of museum objects.
Filmed at the Powerhouse Centre on 27 March 2008.