AbolitionYou are in: Derby > Abolition Abolition  A leading historian says the cotton mills of the Derwent Valley were connected with the slave trade.  The chair of the Derbyshire Black Police Association says the legacy of slavery can still be felt.  Racism and negative stereotypes represent 'a modern day covert form of slavery', says Chris Eijofor.  What connects Florence Nightingale and Richard Arkwright with the slave trade?  A Derby newspaper man who played his part in helping bring about the abolition of slavery.  Dr Lovemore Nyatanga argues that some attitudes from the slave trade still remain.  One of Derbyshire's richest families owned sugar plantations in Jamaica and Barbados. You are in: Derby > Abolition |
