Black HistoryYou are in: Stoke & Staffordshire > Black History The history of black people in Staffordshire; and how the county was involved with the abolition of the Slave Trade  How does Staffordshire celebrate October - Black History Month?  Cabaret singer Mabel Mercer - the Staffordshire girl who impressed Sinatra Cedric is a descendant of Francis Barber, who came to England as a slave and settled in Lichfield. Josiah Wedgwood produced a slave medallion to support the abolition of the slave trade.  Fred Hughes uncovers how Staffordshire people helped to influence the end of the slave trade You are in: Stoke & Staffordshire > Black History |
