Wells acknowledged the evils of slavery, but said he wanted to make the people of Liverpool proud of their city's role in bolstering the South during the American Civil War, "to let Liverpool ...

The mystery of a child in Liverpool in a painting has still yet to be solved. The Black Boy is a painting by Pre-Raphaelite ...

4 Gomer Williams, the man, remains something of a mystery. By the late nineteenth century, when he compiled this volume, slave trading from the port of Liverpool had been over for the better part of a ...

During the 18th century, Liverpool made about £300,000 a year from the slave trade. The slave trade made a great deal of money for the city's docks. The stimulus it gave to trading and industrial ...

click image for close-up Liverpool's extensive growth during the 18th century, due in large measure to profits made in the Atlantic slave trade, brought an increasing demand for storage space.

One was the Society's emblem. The other was this plan of the Liverpool slave ship, the Brookes. Below the plan was a detailed description of the Brookes and information about the ship's trading ...

Liverpool will "pause and remember" on August 23 as the city commemorates Slavery Remembrance Day. The date has become a ...

He visited slave trading ports such as London, Bristol and Liverpool, where he boarded and investigated slave ships. He collected evidence such as iron handcuffs, branding irons and thumbscrews.

The government has confirmed £10m funding for the redevelopment of the International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum on Liverpool's waterfront. The news follows more than three months of ...

Two museums in Liverpool have secured £10m in government funding to help refurbish them despite concerns the grant could have been withdrawn. Projects at the city's International Slavery Museum ...