Memorial to Zong was a temporary exhibition by Lubaina Himid, displayed in the Maritime Museum in 2021, addressing and responding to the Zong Massacre.
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"The witness stand, long table and chairs in Lancaster Castle's Grand Jury Room were crafted by Gillow of Lancaster in the 18th century, likely out of slavery-produced mahogany..."
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Pictured: the title deeds for a warehouse on St George's Quay, #Lancaster.
These warehouses were used by local merchants to store commodities extracted via slave labour, such as sugar or rum.
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The #Lancaster Canal Company was established in 1791, funded in part by profits made from the #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade.
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The Rawlinson/Lindow family were prominent slave traders in #Lancaster.
In 2020 their family memorial was graffitied with the words "Slave Trader."
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In October 1860, African American abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond delivered a lecture at the Palatine Hall, Dalton Square in #Lancaster.
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Pictured: a map of the plantations owned by the Rawlins family in St Kitts.
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Pictured: Thomas Anson by Lela Harris
Thomas Anson was an enslaved person who escaped from a farm in Dent, #Yorkshire
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Mary Brockbank ran a business that produced sails for slavery ships built in #Lancaster...
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Pictured: Abraham Rawlinson (1738-1803), an English politician who made most of his money in trading slave-produced goods.
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The Rawlinson and Lindow families were prominent slave-owning families in #Lancaster.
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"The first West-Indies bound trade ship to leave #Lancaster trading in slave produced goods was the Lamb.
Robert Lawson, a Quaker, was the merchant in charge of the ship."
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Amazing resource called Facing the Past about the City of Lancaster and its slavery past. Have a look and share widely: www.facingthepast.org/home-page
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Pictured: Abolitionist activist Sarah Parker Remond
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The #Lancaster Canal Company was established in 1791, funded in part by profits made from the #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade.
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Pictured: a portrait of Isaac Rawlinson, a likely enslaved servant of the Rawlinson household in #Lancaster.
This imagined portrait was created by Lela Harris for the #FacingThePast exhibition.
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The Rawlinson/Lindow family were prominent slave traders in #Lancaster.
In 2020 their family memorial was graffitied with the words "Slave Trader."
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Founded in 1731, Gillows of #Lancaster manufactured furniture with #slavery-produced mahogany.
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Ira Alridge, the first Black man to play #Othello in the UK, performed at The Grand Theatre in #Lancaster in 1827, 1832, & 1841.
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