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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Who resisted and campaigned for abolition?
An audio extract from a speech by John Bright
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An extract from one of John Bright's speeches in parliament where he makes a case against the inhumanity of children born into slavery in the USA. Recorded at Touchstones Rochdale.