Liverpool Slave Trade History Trail

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• Step 1: This trail maps sites built on slavery's profits. Tracing them reveals how deeply the trade shaped Liverpool's streets and culture and how its legacies still shape the city today. Tap below to read more.

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  Step 2: The walk begins at Liverpool Lime Street station. Head out the station exit towards Lime St.

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  Step 3: Take the stairs or ramped walkway down to street level.

• Step 4: This grand area surrounding Lime Street speaks of a city once among the world's richest ports, a fortune built on the brutal triangular trade that carried enslaved African people across the Atlantic.

• Step 5: Liverpool’s growth and appearance were heavily shaped by the transatlantic slave trade and its impact remains visible across the city today. Read more about the history of the Slave Trade in Liverpool below. ⬇️

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  Step 6: Cross Lime St and turn right.

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