The Slave Trade – what part did Sussex play in its creation and abolition?

The Slave Trade – what part did Sussex play in its creation and abolition?

The Slave Trade – what part did Sussex play in its creation and abolition? with Kate Phillips From its earliest beginnings in the 1600s the English had strong views about buying and selling people and transporting them into slavery. Kate will explore how the country and the Sussex community in particular, benefitted from the practice, the local propaganda which defended it, the role and motivation