Slavery Family Trees Exhibition

In 2021, the Lancaster Black History Group’s 'Slavery Family Trees Project' worked with several schools, university students, voluntary organisations, community and faith groups from across the district to research and record some of Lancaster's most prolific merchant families involved in transatlantic slavery.

The exhibition draws on research from this project that has examined the intertwining of the familial branches which profited from this abhorrent trade.

In facing the past more honestly, it is our hope to transform the future.

Three years ago, a group of neighbours at Lancaster Cohousing formed a Black Lives Matter discussion group.

Over those three years, the group has continued to hold weekly meetings in which many books, articles, films, and programmes have been discussed.

Members of the group have also collaborated with others working in related areas, for example Preston Windrush Generation and Descendants and Windrush Defenders Legal, based in Manchester.

More recently the group has made contact with the Lancaster Black History Group (LBHG), and we are very pleased to be able to bring this exhibition to Halton in partnership with them.

Join us on Wednesday mornings 26 July to 30 August, 9.30 – 11 a.m.

During the life of this exhibition we will be moving our weekly meetings to Halton Mill and all are welcome to join us for a varied programme of recorded talks and discussion sessions looking at the slave trade, reparations, and other related issues.

The exhibition is open Monday to Sunday from 9am - 5pm, and evenings by appointment (call 07778737681).

A launch event, with refreshments, takes place on Sunday July 23, from 6pm. All welcome!

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