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Revealing Histories: Remembering Slavery

stand & cruet stand - Responses by gallery visitors and staff

Ship canal cruet set gallery trail label: that, like silverware, slaves arriving in Barbados - Mole, Helen - Manchester Art Gallery

Ship canal cruet set - that, like silverware, slaves arriving in Barbados

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...that, like silverware, slaves arriving in Barbados were often 'polished' before being put up for sale by being subjected to a fierce scrubbing...

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.

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Ship canal cruet set family trail label: Cotton came from Asda

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Jonas

Drawing of a ship and thoughts about where cotton comes from

Ship canal cruet set family trail label: Factory

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anonymous

Drawing of ships in response to the question: Where does sugar and cotton come from today?

Ship canal cruet set family trail label: Produce of crafted images of power ships

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Leslie

A response to the question: Where does sugar and cotton come from today?

Ship canal cruet set family trail label: Sugar and cotton comes from Caribbean

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Raffi

Drawing of a ship in response to the question: Where does sugar and cotton come from today?

Ship canal cruet set family trail label: Sugar = West Indies

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anonymous

Drawing of a ship and response to the question: Where does sugar and cotton come from today?

Ship canal cruet set family trail label: Supermarket

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anonymous

Drawing of a ship and response to the question: Where does sugar and cotton come from today?

Ship canal cruet set - i eat a lot of salt and it is bad

Ship canal cruet set gallery trail label: i eat a lot of salt and it is bad

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Har, Ge'onh

Thoughts about eating too much salt

Ship canal cruet set - If only my grandad could see the dock

Ship canal cruet set gallery trail label: If only my grandad could see the docks today

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Swimdles, Peter Anthony

Comparison of the Manchester docks to the USA

Ship canal cruet set - It seems to symbolise the riches

Ship canal cruet set gallery trail label: It seems to symbolise the riches

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Whitfield, Chris - Manchester Art Gallery

Comments on the symbolism of the ship canal cruet set

Ship canal cruet set - Proud to be a Manc

Ship canal cruet set gallery trail label: Proud to be a Manc

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Jimmand, Angela

Thoughts about Manchester's involvment in the abolition of the slave trade

Ship canal cruet set - solid silver commemorate the growth

Ship canal cruet set gallery trail label: solid silver commemorate the growth and links

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anonymous

Thoughts about the symbolism of the ship canal cruet set

Ship canal cruet set gallery trail label: that, like silverware, slaves arriving in Barbados

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Mole, Helen - Manchester Art Gallery

Comparison of silverware to slaves being scrubbed for sale

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