Slavery & the Bank

15 min
11 stops
Explore the Bank of England Museum exhibition ‘Slavery & the Bank of England’.

The exhibition traces the connections between the history of the Bank of England, the business of the City of London at large and transatlantic slavery.

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Tracks

Introduction

02:34 | Case 11

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Portraits of Governors and Directors

01:24 | Hanging banners on the raised area

AUDIO

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A Taste for Sugar

01:46 | Case 9

AUDIO

AUDIO

Abolition

01:42 | Case 13

AUDIO

AUDIO

Humphry Morice

01:45 | Case 8

AUDIO

AUDIO

Financing Slavery

02:22 | Case 7

AUDIO

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After Abolition

01:59 | Case 6

AUDIO

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Regional Ties

02:19 | Case 19

AUDIO

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The Bank’s Forgotten Plantations

01:34 | Case 1, 3, and 4 on the raised area

AUDIO

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Reminders of Slavery

01:53 | Case 5 on the raised area

AUDIO

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Conclusion and Reflection

00:35 | Case 23

AUDIO

AUDIO

Credits

All images are copyright of Bank of England unless stated otherwise.

Venue

Bank of England Museum

London

Closed