Dear Andy Burnham: the full story of enslavement has to move beyond comforting stories
The prime minister’s focus on white abolitionists and working-class solidarity diminishes the true scale of Manchester’s reliance on the slavery economy In May 1767, a notice was placed in the Manchester Mercury for “Any Gentleman, or Lady, wanting to purchase a Black Boy, 12 years of age” to inquire on Market Street…
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Dear Andy Burnham: the full story of enslavement has to move beyond comforting stories
The prime minister’s focus on white abolitionists and working-class solidarity diminishes the true scale of Manchester’s reliance on the slavery economy In May 1767, a notice was placed in the Manchester Mercury for “Any Gentleman, or Lady, wanting to purchase a Black Boy, 12 years of age” to inquire on Market Street…
