A drunk tragedian George Frederick Cooke (17th April 1756 - 26th September 1812) at The Liverpool Theatre in response to boos and hisses from the audience when they realised he was drunk.
Found on page 16, "Liverpool and Slavery", bought today at the Liverpool Maritime and Slavery Museum.
Liverpool was much more influential than Jerry and the Pacemakers, and The Beatles.
Before indulging in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Liverpool was just a small village at the estuary of the Mersey.
But Liverpool quickly rose to rival London in terms of power and wealth.
And all coz slavery.
No wonder the slavery museum is on a small 3rd floor of a building on the Albert Dock, surrounded by museums to The Beatles, John Lennon, music in general, etc. The first 2 floors of that Albert Dock museum are on the sinking of the Lusitania and war on the Atlantic, and maritime art. Slavery is at the very top, tucked nicely and quietly away from the hustle and bustle of modern Liverpool, hoping that everyone is more interested in the exhibits on floors 1 and 2 so that visitors don't reach floor 3 and find out what made Liverpool Liverpool.
But I'll tell you what: there is racism in that museum.
For today, as on every time I have visited, I have seen nobody of African descent interested in The Lusitania and war on the Atlantic, and conversely, most (95%-ish) in the 3rd floor slavery museum were of African descent.
And of course, there is no mention of Churchill's guilt in, or King George V's apparent foreknowledge of, the sinking of The Lusitania.
So make of that what you will.
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