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
Who resisted and campaigned for abolition?
About these objects: This wide range of objects from museums and galleries in Bolton, Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale shows the various people involved in the campaigns to abolish slavery. The different ways of resisting and eventually bringing about an end to slavery were strong on both sides of the Atlantic.
