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Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism

Olaudah Equiano: Writer & abolitionist

A freed enslaved man whose life story drove the abolition of the British trade in enslaved Africans

Food & Diet
Food & Diet

The Gin Craze: Ruin of 1700s London

When a torrent of cheap gin caused a social crisis

Transport
Transport

What were London’s turnpikes?

In the 1700s and 1800s, travelling on London’s main roads came with a cost

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Decorative arts
Decorative arts

Blacking pot

1801-1900

Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings

Smithfield: Architectural details from various locations (pencil drawing)

Emslie, John Philipps

1865-07-15; 1631; 1790; 1766