A hugely important part of Manchester's history could be turned into flats
SAVE says : "In Manchester, the growth of the cotton trade drove the city’s expansion, leading it to become the world’s first ...
Academic's quest to commemorate 1826 mill massacre
A man who came across a forgotten 200-year-old story of the massacre of starving cotton workers while walking his dog has ...
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Importance of the trade to the British economy
Individuals, businesses and ports in Britain prospered on the back of the slave trade. British cotton mills depended on cheap slave-produced cotton. Africa provided an additional market for ...
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Sculpture showcasing role of women installed
Standing in this Place' features an African-Caribbean farm worker and British mill worker clasping hands ... driving forces behind the East Midlands cotton and textile industry," she said.
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From Muse to Machines: how Indian cottons steered the technological trajectory of the British cotton industry
How did Indian cotton cloth influence British industrialisation? I use historical textual and material evidence to show that the quest for improvement in cloth quality, to match that of the competitor ...