KNOW?

For centuries, Bristol has grown in relation to its ability to trade with the rest of the world. This has led to shameful chapters in Bristol’s

The city’s leading role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade generated wealth which can literally be seen in the city’s grand Georgian architecture, such as Coopers’ Hall.

Through the trade of products such as tobacco, sugar and cocoa, Bristol’s local industries flourished and continued to generate wealth long after the slave trade was abolished.

Bristol has a global legacy, and has been perhaps undeservedly (and often without acknowledgment) enriched by its long held connection to people and produce from the wider world.