Slavery
The legacy of the slave trade is still visible in NE Wales, helping to build what is today a well known Wrexham pub as well as financing the privileged lifestyle of some of the region's greatest historical characters.
This is a growing archive as 2007 marks the Bi-Centenary of the Bill to Abolish the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Wrexham gentry the Foster-Cunliffes lived off slavery. |
Chirk's Myddeltons made money from sugar & financing voyages. |
A history collection shows a different side to life at Chirk Castle. |
Was this 18th Century boy a servant at Erddig Hall? |
How local people & businesses were connected with the slave trade. |
The Prime Minister's father made his money from plantations in the West Indies. |
The slave trade took Welsh people to Liverpool. |
Ghosts of slaves are said to walk near old brickworks. |
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