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Wealth: The Longer Tour

King Street
(Slave Trail Location 19)

The Llandogger Trow is a pub named after a trow or flat bottomed boat which sails along side the coast or along rivers. Many of these boats used to sail here from the coast and inland rivers of Wales to trade.

The Theatre Royal
(Slave Trail Location 20)

The Theatre Royal in Bristol is claimed to be Britain's second oldest working theatre and was set up in this street because land here was cheap as it was a rough neighbourhood. It was paid for in the 1760s by a group of businessmen, many of whom were involved in the slave trade or in slave plantations.

These images are from adverts for the plays Oroonoko and Obi: or Three-Fingered Jack. These were two of a number of plays performed here on themes related to slavery.
The play Oroonoko was rare because it attacked the cruelty of slave owners.

The other play, called Obi or Three -Fingered Jack, staged in 1800 was about a 'maroon' in Jamaica who used magic to commit crimes. The Maroons are now seen as national heroes in Jamaica because they rose up against their captors and fought for their freedom.

At the other end of the street are more Almshouses, offices, and land that was once used for warehouses along the quayside which runs across the end of the street.

The Longer Tour ends here.
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