I’m not sure why you’re getting downvoted. It’s a fact. As was Bristol. The Slave trade is well documented in the Liverpool museum and there are a number of streets named after slave traders… Penny Lane the famous Beatles song is about a street widely believed to be named after slave trader James Penny. Source I live in Liverpool.
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I’m not sure why you’re getting downvoted. It’s a fact. As was Bristol. The Slave trade is well documented in the Liverpool museum and there are a number of streets named after slave traders… Penny Lane the famous Beatles song is about a street widely believed to be named after slave trader James Penny. Source I live in Liverpool.