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 places: Statues of Abraham Lincoln and John Bright in Manchester and Rochdale commemorate the connections between the USA and the Lancashire cotton industries. The Cotton Bud Fountain, in St Ann's Square, Manchester is a more recent acknowledgment of the importance of cotton in the north west of England.