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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What evidence is there of a black presence in Britain and north west England?
Facing up to the past: James Watkins monologue 2
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An event was held in Bolton Museum 'Facing up to the past'.
This clip is a monologue by an actor in the role of James Watkins who escaped from slavery and came to Britain.
Filmed at Bolton Museum and Archive Service on 17 February 2008.