Washington Alcott

Aug 18, 2023 | theguardian.com | Maya Wolfe-Robinson |Matthew Stallard |David Olusoga |Washington Alcott |Gurminder K. Bhambra |Fatuma Khaireh | +2 more

More ways to listen Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify RSS Feed Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Revisited: The first episode in the Cotton Capital series explores the revelations that the Guardian’s founding editor, John Edward Taylor, and at least nine of his 11 backers had links to slavery, principally through the textile industry How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know This week we are revisiting our Cotton Capital series that originally ran...

Apr 21, 2023 | revealinghistories.org.uk | Washington Alcott

Manchester and cotton cloth by Washington Alcott Back in the 1700s and 1800s, Manchester's prosperous textile industry was thriving on the back of slavery. But it was the city's outrage at this trade in human cargo which also sparked the campaign for abolition.