Slavery and Abolition: A Guide to Resources

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“Every Birmingham man will rejoice to learn that this town
took an active part in the noblest philanthropic labour of the age”
(Langford, ‘A Century of Birmingham Life’)

This research guide is designed to uncover the legacies of slavery and abolition in
Birmingham.

• What is the real story of Birmingham’s involvement with the slave trade?
• In what ways did the industrial West Midlands profit from slavery; and, how did antislavery organisations develop to resist the trade?
• What do archives tell us about the personal lives caught up in one of the most important and destructive 'trades' in human history?

Further links and research:

Connecting Histories - Campaigning for Social Justice - Birmingham Antislavery

Slavery and Abolition
research guide