BRITISH SLAVE TRADE FIVE MORE PLACES TO EXPLORE

1 M Shed BRISTOL A major slaving port

Bristol has been grappling with its slaving history recently – in 2017, concert venue Colston Hall announced it would change its name to escape connections to slaver Edward Colston. In its accessible and engaging galleries, the M Shed museum addresses some of the tangled issues connected to the city’s shadowy past. bristolmuseums.org.uk

2 Wilberforce House HULL Birthplace of a famous abolitionist

William Wilberforce, one of the most celebrated advocates of the anti-slavery movement, was born at this red-brick house in Hull in 1759. Several of Wilberforce’s personal items are on display, along with a small exhibition on slavery, abolition and life in west Africa. www.hull.gov.uk

3 Museum of London, Docklands EAST LONDON Where slave produce was stored

Housed in a warehouse once used to store slave-grown sugar, this riverside museum in Canary Wharf explores the history of the Thames. The capital’s involvement in the slave trade is an intrinsic part of this story, as examined in the museum’s ‘London, Sugar and Slavery’ gallery. museumoflondon.org.uk

4 The Georgian House Museum BRISTOL Home of a plantation owner

This lavishly furnished house was built in 1790 for the sugar merchant and slave owner John Pinney. Pero Jones, an enslaved African who served as Pinney’s personal valet, also lived at the address, and now has a bridge named after him at Bristol’s harbourside. bristolmuseums.org.uk

5 National Maritime Museum GREENWICH, LONDON A gallery on slavery’s global impact

In a permanent exhibition on the history of the Atlantic, the NMM explores how the triangular trade shaped the future of three continents. Exhibits include the logbook of a slave schooner and a portrait of abolitionist Olaudah Equiano. rmg.co.uk