National Museums Liverpool has organised a number of events to ensure the disgraceful period of history is never forgotten
National Museums Liverpool has organised a full week of events to commemorate this year's Slavery Remembrance Day.
Liverpool was the European capital of the transatlantic slave trade, responsible for half of Britain's trade. The ships would set sail from Liverpool holding goods, which were exchanged for enslaved men, women and children on the west coast of Africa, who were then taken across the Atlantic on a journey known as "the middle passage".
"I don't hide from it and tell it how it is. I see the benefit of our community working with the museum. The work the museum does is an honest reflection on the past, but it is important we also see how things can change and be implemented for the future. That has been chipped away for decades and I'm very proud to be a trustee at the museum."
Tuesday, August 22 Dorothy Kuya Slavery Remembrance Memorial Lecture at Liverpool Town Hall, 6pm to 8pm
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