Ruth-Anne sits down with Dr Onyeka Nubia from the University of Nottingham to unpick the connections between slavery and the cotton industry. We learn how the Cotton Famine intersects with questions about empire, colonialism, economics, and abolition. 
 
 
Written and presented by Ruth-Anne Walbank
Produced by Daniel Woodburn
Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi 

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3. In the Back Pages

Uncover a forgotten piece of working-class history through poetry, newspapers, and more.


Join Ruth-Anne to explore the Lancashire Cotton Famine in a six-episode mini-series. Learn from Lancashire locals and leading experts about how the cotton weaving industry in North-West England connected to the American Civil War, the fight against slavery, and Victorian literature.