Liverpool Slavery Walking Tour - Commercial Side
This tour will take you round the original seven streets of Liverpool and explore the banks, offices and very streets that the slavers walked and conducted their everyday business. Visit places where slaves were traded on the streets of Liverpool and even visit a pub that existed in the days of the early slave traders.
The whole of Liverpool was mortgaged for £10,000 to fund the construction of the world’s first commercial tidal dock. Learn how this was a major turning point for Liverpool.
See some of the places where slaves were sold in Liverpool and newspaper adverts announcing the sale.
Take a walk along Castle Street (one of the original streets of Old Liverpool) and see the building where the only branch of the Bank of England existed outside of London.
Such was Liverpool’s dominance of the transatlantic slave trade that one in five African captives crossing the ocean was carried in a Liverpool slave ship.
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Minimum booking is for 2 people
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Liverpool Slavery Walking Tour - Commercial Side
What's included in Liverpool Slavery Walking Tour - Commercial Side
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Our Lady and Saint Nicholas Church and Garden
Many Slave Traders worshipped at this church and were buried in the church yard. Find out about the lives of these traders.
Hargreaves Building
Learn about the Cotton Broker and Banker William Brown who founded the Bank of Liverpool and Brown & Shipley Merchant Bankers.
Tithebarn Street
Visit Rumford Place and the Confederate Embassy of the American Civil War. Learn how Bulloch set up his network of spies in Liverpool and how the Confederate armies were supplied with weapons and ships.
Inclusions
- All Fees and Taxes
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- On the river side of the Liver Buildings at the Pier Head in Liverpool. Your guide will have signage indicating the meeting point.
End Points
- At the site of Liverpool's Old Dock, Thomas Steers Way, in the L1 shopping centre.