London’s Slavery and the City tour unearths ‘conspiracy of silence’
‘A large proportion of the wealth of the City during the 18th century was dependent on…the trafficking of enslaved people,’ tour guide Ildiko Bita says
19 October 2020 - 16:35
London — A tour showing London’s links to the slave trade aims to shed light on how British institutions — from megabanks to the state church — prospered on the backs of Black lives.
“Slavery and the City” takes in the financial centre’s quaint cobbled yards, grand statues and statuesque buildings, highlighting its oft-hidden links to colonialism...
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