The Pan-African Congress, Slavery, and Thomas Clarkson
10.30am Saturday 25 October 2025
The city was at the heart of the anti-slavery movements in the UK and Empire yet its mainstay product, cotton, was largely slave-picked. Epic history and a contradiction explored.
I've written three articles that will provide background reading to this tour.
Pan-African National Congress article
Thomas Walker, the abolitionist
Thomas Clarkson, the Manchester petition and the American Civil War
The Manchester Ship: The Guardian is plain wrong
Presentism and down with 'Nunc pro tunc'
Meet: Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University. M15 6BD.
Tickets:
£20 adults
Under 12s free
Duration: most tours last between ninety minutes and two hours
Fully accessible
Totally fascinating
I've written three articles that will provide background reading to this tour.
Pan-African National Congress article
Thomas Walker, the abolitionist
Thomas Clarkson, the Manchester petition and the American Civil War
The Manchester Ship: The Guardian is plain wrong
Presentism and down with 'Nunc pro tunc'
Meet: Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University. M15 6BD.
Tickets:
£20 adults
Under 12s free
Duration: most tours last between ninety minutes and two hours
Fully accessible
Totally fascinating