Slavery

The two copies have different covers, but the text is the same

The Life of James Johnson: An Escaped Slave from the Southern States of America

Historians and archivists think this photo, taken at some time in the late 1860s to early 1870s, may be James Johnson, though they are not certain

Historians and archivists think this photo, taken at some time in the late 1860s to early 1870s, may be James Johnson, though they are not certain

Black History Month

The story of the American slave who lived in Oldham

Earl Mill, Hathershaw. Built 1860, rebuilt 1891

Earl Mill, Hathershaw. Built 1860, rebuilt 1891

Black History Month

The cotton famine and Oldham’s complicated relationship with American slavery

Cllr Max Woodvine said a book he owned “is nothing like this in its telling of Oldham’s cotton spinning story.”

Cllr Max Woodvine said a book he owned “is nothing like this in its telling of Oldham’s cotton spinning story.”

Black History Month

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