A set of shackles used to hold enslaved Africans in forts and castles along the coast from Tamale, Ghana, are displayed last month at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, England.

“We're extremely proud of our partnership with National Museums Liverpool and International Slavery Museum, and through our collaboration we can champion social cohesion and human rights for al ...

The Brontë museum has claimed Wuthering Heights’ Heathcliff was of “black African descent” and inspired by former slaves.

In the span of a hundred years, from 1700 to 1800, the town of Liverpool in northwest England was transformed from what was "not much more than a fishing village" into one of the busiest slave ...

Liverpool Waterfront, location of the Maritime Museum & International Slavery Museum, Liverpool by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, drone image 2024. Image Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool ...

During the 18th century, Liverpool made about £300,000 a year from the slave trade. The slave trade made a great deal of money for the city's docks. The stimulus it gave to trading and industrial ...