As work progresses to shape a major exhibition that will reveal the links between Manchester, cotton and transatlantic slavery, Reece Williams, Curator – Legacies of Enslavement, discusses his hopes for the project and how lived experiences, voices and perspectives of African descendent and diaspora communities will be central.
As a major new free exhibition is announced that will reveal the links between Manchester, cotton and the transatlantic slave trade, Sally MacDonald (Science and Industry Museum Director) and Keisha Thompson (Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement Programme Manager) discuss their hopes for the project.
In this blog post, Science and Industry Museum Collaborative Doctoral Partnership student Alexander Appleton shares his research into the 19th century Manchester textiles firm Langworthy Brothers and Co., the business records of which are held in the collections.