Cottonopolis Curator Tour: Manchester Cottons and Transatlantic Slavery
| Dates: | 6 May 2026 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 13:30 |
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| What is it: | Tour |
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| Organiser: | John Rylands Library |
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| Who is it for: | General public |
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Join us for a tour around Cottonopolis: The Origins of Global Manchester exhibition led by Curator Professor Edmond Smith and researcher Dr Kimberley Thomas, exploring the relationship between slavery and the cotton trade that helped make Manchester a global centre of textile production.
Find out more about how Manchester became part of world-wide trading routes with India, Africa and America through documents and textiles of the time featured in the exhibition.
No need to book this tour is free and drop in. Please meet on the ground floor.
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John Rylands Research Institute and Library
150 Deansgate
Manchester
Gtr Manchester
