Abolition You are in: Cornwall > Abolition  The Navy remembers their part in the slave trade by sailing a ship from Charlestown.  In early 2006 Truro residents watched on as police officers swooped on a house in a quiet street.  Trengwainton House was built from slavery money, play the interview with Ian Wright.  Bodmin College is to hold a Freedom Concert to celebrate the abolition of slavery.  A new play marks the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of Slaves in the region.  Many people in Cornwall refuse to take sugar in their tea as a protest to slavery.  Reverend Julyan Drew writes about why many people in Cornwall refuse sugar in tea.  A Cornish descendent of an infamous slave trader has been to Africa to say sorry.  Our reporter Antony Makokha worked as a film-extra for a slave trade history film. You are in: Cornwall > Abolition |
