The grave of Robert Alfred Tucker is located in front of the Durham Cathedral. What is it? The grave is erected in the memory of Robert Alfred Tucker (1849-1914), the first Bishop of Uganda. Bisho...

Ruth First (1925-1982) was a leading South African anti-apartheid activist and sociology lecturer at Durham University in the 1970s.What is it?A mural dedicated to anti-apartheid activist and acade...

Compensation for slave owner Anthony WilkinsonIn 1836, Anthony Wilkinson, a later owner of Coxhoe Hall, Durham County was awarded £2,855 for 139 slaves on the Kendal and Sedburgh Estates in Jamaica.

Compensation received by James William Freshfield (1775-1864) Founder and senior partner of a legal firm James William Freshfield (1775 - 1864) was awarded compensation as trustee of Smith Payne &a...

Ownership of Slaves by later resident of Stockton-on-Tees Gilbert Munro (d. 1843), a later resident of Stockton-on-Tees received £4,866 compensation for 176 enslaved people on the Brighton est...

In the 1750s, the links between the clergymen of Durham Cathedral, the Codrington plantation and Condrington College was very deep.Increasingly what has come to light in the last few years is the ...

John Graham (d. 1828) owned the Durham estate in Jamaica. He moved from Jamaica to live in Darlington in 1826. He placed his property in Jamaica and England in trust to secure annuities and money t...

Ownership of slaves by Jarrow resident Thomas Brown (1763 – 1841) was awarded nearly £1,900 compensation for 116 enslaved people on the Belvidere estate on Antigua.

The ownership of the slave-factory benefitted Leonard Parkinson (1744 – 1817) and his extended family. Leonard became a slave-factory owner in Jamaica of the Belvidere Estate in Jamaica, and ...

Ownership of Slaves by resident of Stockton-on-Tees Stephen Attlay of Stockton-on-Tees rented out 162 slaves and further 40 enslaved workers to another plantation owner at Prospect estate, Jam...

Ownership of slaves who were the sons of West Indian Merchant Ann Harris (b. 1791) was described as 'coloured' woman from Demerara, and settling in Stratforth, County Durham. She is listed as ...

Ownership of land in Antigua and generous dowry in marriage William Hutchinson (1763-1826) received a generous dowry when he married Mary Byam (1772-1826) , the daughter of a wealthy landowne...