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By 1750 Liverpool was the pre-eminent slave trading port in Great Britain. Thereafter Liverpool's control of the industry continued to grow. [6] In the period between 1793 and 1807, when the slave trade was abolished, Liverpool accounted for 84.7% of all slave voyages, with London accounting for 12% and Bristol 3.3%. [7]
Penny Lane is a street situated south off the A562 road in the Mossley Hill suburb of Liverpool, England.The name also applies to the area surrounding the thoroughfare. During the 20th century, it was the location for one of the main bus terminals in Liverpool, and gained international notability in 1967 when the Beatles released their song "Penny Lane" in tribute to their upbringing in Live
Portrait of James Penny by Thomas Hargreaves. James Penny (died 1799) was an English merchant and slave trader who was a prominent defender of the Liverpool slave trade.The famous Penny Lane street in Liverpool has been associated with him although it is now widely regarded as of an unconnected origin.
The sign on William Brown Street is the first in a series of 10 which will be placed around the city. Liverpool street plaque explaining city’s links to slave trade installed Skip to main content
Criterion (iii): "The city and the port of Liverpool are an exceptional testimony to the development of maritime mercantile culture in the 18th and 19th centuries, contributing to the building up of the British Empire. It was a centre for the slave trade, until its abolition in 1807, and for emigration from northern Europe to America."
The current policy on Commons is to accept photos of artwork and sculptures that are covered by freedom of panorama in their source country. This policy may change in the future, depending on the outcome of community discussions and new case law.
Brooks (or Brook, Brookes) was a British slave ship launched at Liverpool in 1781. She became infamous after prints of her were published in 1788. Between 1782 and 1804, she made 11 voyages from Liverpool in the triangular slave trade in enslaved people (for the Brooks, England, to Africa, to the Caribbean, and back to England).
Charters was a founder of Toxteth's Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre in 2006 and its CEO until 2024. [2] [3] She was the Chair of the Slavery Streets Panel, which put up plaques to commemorate the Liverpool's role in the history of slavery. [4]