• Our Lady and Saint Nicholas Church and Garden - This church was a place of worship for many slave traders, who were also laid to rest in its churchyard. Explore the lives of these traders.
• Hargreaves Building - Discover the story of Cotton Broker and Banker William Brown, the founder of the Bank of Liverpool and Brown & Shipley Merchant Bankers.
• Tithebarn Street - Visit Rumford Place and the Confederate Embassy from the American Civil War era. Learn about Bulloch’s spy network in Liverpool and how the Confederate armies were supplied with weapons and ships.
• Cotton Exchange Building - Uncover how Liverpool led the world in cotton trading and how the “Liverpool Rules” are still in use today. Understand how cotton trading contributed to the wealth of Liverpool and its merchants.
• Exchange Flags - Explore the original “Exchange” where traders conducted business and slaves were sold. View the Nelson Monument and learn about its history and significance.
• Memorial to Sir Alfred Lewis Jones - Discover how Sir Alfred Jones amassed his wealth and gained a monopoly over the Elder Dempster Shipping Line. Learn about his philanthropy and his role in establishing the School of Tropical Medicine.
• Liverpool Water Street - Explore the business and banking sector of 18th and 19th Century Liverpool and see how bankers prospered from American trade, enabling them to construct opulent banking houses. Visit the Martins Bank Building and the old Bank of Liverpool Building.
• Dale Street - Discover some of Liverpool’s 18th Century streets that survived the Victorian-era widening of Dale Street. Visit a historic public house frequented by early slave traders in 1726 and perhaps enjoy a drink there. Stroll through narrow streets and passageways of Old Liverpool.
• Castle Street - Learn about the buildings on Castle Street, their connections to merchants and slavery, and see the building that housed the first branch of the Bank of England outside London.
• Queen Victoria Monument - Visit the site where Liverpool Castle once stood before its demolition in 1726. Learn about St George’s Church, built on the site, which served as a place of worship for Liverpool mayors and town councillors.
• Liverpool Town Hall - Explore the Mansion House of Liverpool’s Lord Mayor. Learn about its funding and uses, and admire the stunning architecture and decoration, including depictions of African people on the frieze.
• Graving Dock - After completing the challenging journey from Liverpool to Africa, then to America and back, slave ships required refitting in Graving Docks. The original graving docks from the mid-1700s still exist in Liverpool and are part of this tour.
• Merseyside Maritime Museum - Pass by the Merseyside Maritime Museum, home to the International Slavery Museum, which can be visited free of charge at the end of your tour.
• Salthouse Dock - Visit the Salthouse and Canning Docks, built rapidly after Liverpool’s Old Dock to accommodate the booming trade with America. Some parts of these docks were constructed using stones from Liverpool Castle. Walk on the cobbles and stones once trodden by slave traders and merchants attending to their ship’s cargo.
• Thomas Steers Way - See where Liverpool’s Old Dock was constructed by Thomas Steers in 1715. This dock enabled Liverpool to capitalize on its geographic position and develop the African and Transatlantic trade that brought immense wealth. View part of the old dock through an observation window in the ground, and with prior arrangement, enjoy a guided tour of the actual dock.
• James Street - Stroll through the back streets of Victorian Liverpool, admire the classic architecture of old banking houses, and visit a modern sculpture that evocatively represents the slave house on Goree Island.

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This tour offers an insightful journey through the original seven streets of Liverpool, highlighting the banks, offices, and streets where slave traders once conducted their daily activities. Explore locations where slaves were traded and visit a pub that dates back to the era of early slave traders.

Liverpool was once mortgaged for £10,000 to finance the construction of the world’s first commercial tidal dock, marking a significant milestone for the city.

Discover sites where slaves were sold in Liverpool, along with newspaper advertisements announcing these sales.

Stroll along Castle Street, one of Old Liverpool’s original streets, and view the building that housed the only branch of the Bank of England outside London.

Liverpool’s prominence in the transatlantic slave trade was such that one in five African captives crossing the ocean was transported on a Liverpool slave ship.

Visit Liverpool and uncover its history.

A minimum booking of 2 people is required.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.