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Browse 7 OpenLearn items The Hidden Slave Trade web team has worked on
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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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17 Oct 2006
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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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17 Oct 2006
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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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17 Oct 2006
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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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17 Oct 2006
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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
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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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17 Oct 2006
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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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17 Oct 2006
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