The Relationship Between Manchester and Slavery

Friday 23rd October 2015

Dr Natalie Zacek is a Senior Lecturer in American History. Alongside other researchers she ran the Soldiers, Slaves, and Rebels: Currents of Black Resistance in the Tropical Atlantic, c. 1760-1880. Summer Research Institute. She will be exploring the relationship between the city of Manchester, the cotton industry and Slavery.

University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PR. 5.30-7.30pm.

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