Summary
Luxuries fell within the grasp of quite ordinary people through slavery, as you will find at the Bowes Museum.
How many of the beautiful things we admire in museums or stately homes are tainted by slavery? At the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, they are bravely confronting the issue with an exhibition called Revealed: Luxury Goods and the Slave Trade.See the full content of this document
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Sugar: The Bitter Aftertaste
"Our collection is particularly strong in the fine and decorative arts, so we are looking at the way in which slavery influenced luxury goods," says Emma House, curator of the exhibition.
"We have be...See the full content of this document
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