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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The American Civil War and the Lancashire cotton famine
About these videos: A number of events and activities held in the region's museums and galleries to commemorate the 2007 bicentenary of the British abolition of the slave trade focused on the importance of cotton and the impact of the American Civil War in the north west of England.