Great Yarmouth harbours a secret about the slave trade

Yarmouth harbour

As part of the filming of the events of Black History Month I recorded Dr Richard Maguire excellent talk at the Time and Tide museum. One thing that really struck home to me was although the ports of the west of the country such as Liverpool and Bristol involvement with the slave trade are well documented. The eastern ports such as Yarmouth and Kings Lynn were also involved in the early period of the trade.

So indeed Slave ships in Great Yarmouth did exist.

Prehaps that should be remembered at the next years Yarmouth Maritime festival?