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A man under arrest sat down with a guard behind him

Bai Bureh and Sierra Leone

Collections, Featured, Industrial History

John McGoldrick tells the inspiring story of Bai Bureh, the Sierra Leone chief and military leader who led the revolt against colonial taxation.

A piece of cotton with a pink printed countryside scene, featuring 2 cows 2 people in old fashioned dress and a tree

Re-framing our Dress and Textile Collection: Everyday cotton

Collections, Dress & Textiles, Featured

Vanessa Jones explains how intrinsic slavery was in the production of cotton goods in the final post in our Re-framing the Dress and Textile Collection series.

A blue and purple printed textile with colonial figures

Re-framing our Dress and Textile Collection: A toile

Collections, Dress & Textiles, Featured

In the second blog post in our Re-framing the Collection series, Vanessa Jones explains how this historic textile shows the exploitation of African slaves and Native Americans in the aftermath of the American Revolution.

Re-framing our Dress and Textile Collection: Embroidered maps

Collections, Dress & Textiles, Featured

Many textile objects that reflect black history are historic pieces. In this blog, curator Vanessa explains why our embroidered maps are so closely linked with the transatlantic slave trade story.

Workshops

A older lady and a young boy in traditional work clothing in a Victorian mill setting with looms in the background

Virtual Classroom: Mill Children

Collections, Industrial Revolution, KS2, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Virtual Classroom

Learn all about the mill children of Victorian Britain in our virtual classroom workshop which goes under the ropes and behind the scenes at Leeds Industrial Museum.

A young girl is dressed in traditional Tudor costume including head wear and a ruff

Virtual Classroom: Dress to Impress

Collections, KS2, Medieval and Tudor, Temple Newsam Estate, Virtual Classroom

Virtual classroom workshop focussing on Tudor history through costume and the collections of Temple Newsam House, making contrasts between life then and now.