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Revealing Histories: Remembering Slavery

The Desert - Responses by gallery visitors and staff

The Desert gallery trail label: I THINK the phrase 'out of the strong...' - Taylor, Ella

The Desert - 'I THINK' the phrase 'out of the strong came

'I THINK' the phrase 'out of the strong came forth sweetness' a biblical text is associated with the picture and was on Tate & Lyle tin, the lion swallowed honeycomb when it died.

This is a label written by a visitor to Manchester Art Gallery in response to the Revealing Histories: Remembering Slavery Gallery Trail of objects on display that are linked to the transatlantic slave trade.