This colourful banner was made by the children of Lancaster Quaker meeting in response to their exploration of the “Captured Africans” Slave Trade Memorial near to Lancaster’s Millennium Bridge. ...
While Lancaster was not at the forefront of the movement to abolish slavery in the early nineteenth century in Britain, there was evidence of some abolitionist activity in the town, some of which was led...
From the beginning of their organisation, Quaker Friends believed that all persons are equal in God's eyes and Quakers were active in denouncing slavery and campaigning for its abolition. However, living in a port town...