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  The children of slavery: Sambo's grave - Near Heysham¹¹⁴

  Sambo seems to have been "owned" by a ship's captain. Left ashore when he was ill, he died in an inn near Heysham.

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  The profits of slavery: The Jeffersons of Whitehaven¹¹⁴

  A museum in Whitehaven tells the "Rum Story" of two Cumbrian wine merchants who owned slaves in the West Indies.

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  The profits of slavery: James Wilson - Whitby and Sneaton Castle¹¹⁴

  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 slaves, Ashton Warner, is the source for the information.

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  The profits of slavery: John Bolton - Storrs Hall, Windermere¹¹⁴

  John Bolton sunk the money he made from slavery into his luxurious home.

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  The children of slavery: John Kent - Carlisle¹¹⁴

  John Kent was Britain's first black policeman - and the child of a former slave.

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  The profits of slavery: Bishop of Durham - Durham Cathedral¹¹⁴

  Even the Church of England was directly involved in the slave trade.

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  Mapping slave history¹¹⁴

  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 you move around the map.

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  17 Oct 2006