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
The American Civil War and the Lancashire cotton famine
About these objects: Objects from the collections of museums in Bolton, Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale reveal the local links to the American Civil War and the Lancashire cotton famine.