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Join us for this performance to meet William Cuffay, son of a freed slave, who became a Chartist leader and campaigned for the right to vote. This performance explores the horrors of the slave trade and how it fuelled the Industrial Revolution.
Sat 3 Mar 2012 11am
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Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER
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Black history
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Wed 29 Feb 2012 1pm - 2pm at Manchester Museum
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