Explore the streets and historic sites that reveal Liverpool’s deep involvement in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans.
The Liverpool & Slavery Walking Tour was developed through Writing on the Wall’s Dorothy Kuya Archive Project in collaboration with National Museums Liverpool.
Research conducted during the project revealed the extent of Dorothy Kuya’s involvement in establishing the Atlantic Slave Trade Gallery, Slavery Remembrance Day and the International Slavery Museum.
Alongside Liverpool activist and historian Eric Scott Lynch (1932–2022), Dorothy led slavery walking tours with National Museums Liverpool during the mid-1990s.
Black activists such as Dorothy and Eric played a central role in changing how Liverpool remembers and commemorates its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
The tour visits streets and sites across Liverpool city centre with direct connections to this history. It will examine the depth of the city’s involvement in the trafficking of enslaved Africans and its continuing trade in goods produced through slavery after Britain abolished its slave trade.
Participants will also explore the enduring legacies of Atlantic slavery and how anti-Black racism and ideas of white supremacy were used to justify oppression during the 18th and 19th centuries.
The tour begins at The Pump House at Royal Albert Dock, continues through the L1 and L2 areas of the city and finishes at Liverpool Town Hall.
About the tour leader
The tour will be led by Nasra Elliott, an Engagement Producer at National Museums Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum and a Liverpool-based community historian.
Her work focuses on community engagement, public history and ethical collaboration, with a particular interest in Liverpool’s Black histories and the city’s connections to transatlantic slavery, empire and their continuing legacies.
At the International Slavery Museum, Nasra develops research-informed programmes that bring together archival material, community knowledge and lived experience to create accessible public history.
Her work is grounded in decolonial approaches to heritage, participatory governance and the role museums can play in addressing historical injustice. She is also an independent researcher.
Anyone who would like to attend but cannot afford a full-price ticket is encouraged to contact Writing on the Wall. All enquiries will be treated confidentially.
Event enquiries and ticket support:
info@writingonthewall.org.uk
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