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The Hidden Slave Trade web team's activities
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...
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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...
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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...
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17 Oct 2006
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