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History in Focus: slavery
A number of linked web pages on slavery, created in spring 2007 - this was the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act which made slave trading in British ships illegal.
Revealing Histories: remembering slavery
A collaborative project by eight museums in Greater Manchester, created to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in 2007.
The Slave Trade and Abolition
Collection of webpages, downloads and links relating to slavery and abolition in England, in the context of physical and tangible heritage such as street names in Liverpool.
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Blackpool, the South Jetty from the Wellington Hotel
The South Jetty – latter to become the Central Pier, opened in May 1868, five years later than the North Pier. Both were designed to extend over the…