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Slavery Connection - Leeds The Lascelle family built Harewood House in Leeds in the 17th Century with profits made from sugar plantations in Barbados.
	Who were the Lascelle family? Black Atlas. Find out about a tale of two very different fates. Find out more about abolition.
	Leeds leads the way
			Read all about Wilson Armistead and the Leeds Anti-Slavery Association.






	Harewood House and slavery
			Simon Smith explains the history behind the spectacular Harewood House near Leeds.






	Carnival Messiah
			Harewood House is the symbolic backdrop for a restaging of Carnival Messiah in 2007.






	'The cruelty and injustice'
			Dr Shane Doyle looks at Leeds' part in the struggle for the abolition of the slave trade.







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