AbolitionYou are in: Hereford and Worcester > abolition  Learn more about Herefordshire's hidden history of slavery. On the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery we uncover some unusual connection between the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire and the slave trade.  New evidence shows Herefordshire children were sent to the West Indies to work as slaves.  The owner of Moccas Court looks at its connections with the slave trade - with some expert help.  An exciting new exhibition explaining the end of the slave trade.  St Wulfstan - Bishop of Worcester in Norman times - was a pioneering anti-slavery campaigner.  Pupils at Lady Hawkins' in Kington reveal their true feelings about how their school came to be.  The Head of Humanities at Lady Hawkins' School writes about its links with the slave trade. You are in: Hereford and Worcester > abolition |
