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Slavery in The City of London

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Overview

During this tour you will receive revealing information about the history of Britain going back 2000 years. It will focus on slavery with particular reference to the role played by the City of London. You will be led by well trained guides with a wealth of knowledge. We have been conducting tours for over five years and have received great feedback from happy and satisfied customers. You will be shown hidden depths, labyrinths, sculptures, and more, that together form the iconoclastic location that is the City of London.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Our Tour Guide will be immediately in front of Tower Hill Tram holding a sign with our company name.

End Point

End point

The walk finishes at Aldgate Underground station.

Itinerary

1. Tower of London

The Ordnance Office at the Tower of London was where Granville Sharp was employed. He was one of the most prominent anti-slavery people in 18th century Britain.

2. Roman wall ofLondonium

This wall led to the creation and founding of Londinium 2000 years ago. The ancient Romans took Britons as slaves although they complained the Brits were lazy!

Duration: 5 mins

3. Lloyds of London

This is the site where East India House was located. That was the headquarters for the East India Company. The East India Company relied on slave labour and trafficked in slaves from East and West Africa.

4. Fenchurch Street

Fen Gardens contains the Gilt of Cain Sculpture. This commemorates the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

Duration: 10 mins

5. St. Michael's Cornhill

The Jamaica Wine House. Location of London's first coffee house - the Jamaica Coffee House which was a hub in the sugar trade and slave plantations of the West Indies

6. St. Mary Woolnoth Church

Slavery abolitionist John Newton was rector of this church.

Duration: 10 mins

7. Bank of England Museum

The Bank of England has apologised for the involvement of some past former directors and governors in the slave trade and promised to remove all statues and paintings of them from public display in it's Threadneedle Street building.

Duration: 15 mins

8. Guildhall

This edifice epitomise the involvement of London in the transatlantic slave trade. Sherifs, mayors, and aldermen of the City of London met here as shareholders of the Royal Africa Company.