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Royal reads: Books owned by British monarchs
A royal reading list truly fit for queens and kings
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Mapping the legacy of slavery in London’s Docklands
Traces of the transatlantic slave trade continue to exist in the Docklands landscape
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Ottobah Cugoano: A powerful critic of slavery
Cugoano shared his own experience of enslavement to try and end it for good
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Covent garden market - early morning (wood engraving)
Doré, Gustave, Gauchard, Felix Jean, Brunier, -
1872