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Study explores links between 19th-century Manchester workers and enslaved Africans in Caribbean

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Global Threads research project reveals how slavery hung ‘like a spectre’ over the Peterloo massacre and other Mancunian struggles for equality

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By: Chris Osuh
Published: Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC
Updated: Oct 10, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

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Manchester

City and metropolitan borough in England

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, at the centre of the eponymous county of Greater Manchester. It had a population of over 589,000 in 2024. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million.

Caribbean

Islands and coastal region surrounded by the Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean is a geo-political region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north and also the west through Central America, and South America to the south, it comprises numerous islands, cays, islets, reefs, and banks.

African people

Umbrella term for people in Africa or of African descent

African people or Africans are people who belong to any ethnic, racial, or national group with origins in Africa. Today, it primarily refers to people who are from Africa and reside in the continent, as well as the African diaspora.

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