COTTON CAPITAL. HOW SLAVERY MADE MANCHESTER THE WORLD’S FIRST INDUSTRIAL CITY
A visual exploration of historical Manchester’s rapid growth into a “shock city” – and how slavery was key to the emergence of Cottonopolis WORDS :Matthew StallardVISUALS:David BloodANDLydia McMullanMon 3 Apr 2023 Present-day Manchester is home to 552,000 residents, at the centre of a wider region of 2.87 million, the product of three […]