Around the World Tour Stop Five - The Dickinson Family’s Printed Cotton Dress

This dress is made from printed cotton which created Carlisle’s industrial wealth in the early 1800s. Here we explain Britain’s dominance over the vast international cotton trade and its links to slavery.

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