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The profits of slavery: Bishop of Durham - Durham CathedralCreative Commons Image Wellcome Collection under CC-BY-NC licence

By The Hidden Slave Trade web team (The Open University)

17 October 2006

Even the Church of England was directly involved in the slave trade.  Read more : The profits of slavery: Bishop of Durham - Durham Cathedral

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The profits of slavery: James Wilson - Whitby and Sneaton CastleProduction team

By The Hidden Slave Trade web team (The Open University)

17 October 2006

James Wilson, made a fortune as a plantation owner. After abolition he started a new life as a pillar of Yorkshire society. One of his...  Read more : The profits of slavery: James Wilson - Whitby and Sneaton Castle

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Mapping slave historyProduction team

By The Hidden Slave Trade web team (The Open University)

17 October 2006

We've put locations relating to Northern England's slave past onto our map. Find out more about the people involved in the north's slave history as...  Read more : Mapping slave history

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The profits of slavery: John Bolton - Storrs Hall, WindermereCreative Commons Image Ennor under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By The Hidden Slave Trade web team (The Open University)

17 October 2006

John Bolton sunk the money he made from slavery into his luxurious home.  Read more : The profits of slavery: John Bolton - Storrs Hall, Windermere

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The children of slavery: Sambo's grave - Near HeyshamBBC North

By The Hidden Slave Trade web team (The Open University)

17 October 2006

Sambo seems to have been "owned" by a ship's captain. Left ashore when he was ill, he died in an inn near Heysham.  Read more : The children of slavery: Sambo's grave - Near Heysham

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The children of slavery: John Kent - CarlisleCreative Commons Image Adam under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By The Hidden Slave Trade web team (The Open University)

17 October 2006

John Kent was Britain's first black policeman - and the child of a former slave.  Read more : The children of slavery: John Kent - Carlisle

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The profits of slavery: The Jeffersons of WhitehavenBBC North

By The Hidden Slave Trade web team (The Open University)

17 October 2006

A museum in Whitehaven tells the "Rum Story" of two Cumbrian wine merchants who owned slaves in the West Indies.  Read more : The profits of slavery: The Jeffersons of Whitehaven

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