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Britain had been a major player in the slave trade, accounting for an estimated 26% of all African people transported to the Americas. Being most dominant between 1640 and 1807, it is estimated that Britain transported at least 3.1 million enslaved people. (2/12)
Edith Swan and Rose Gooding were friendly neighbours in Littlehampton, West Sussex in 1920. But a series of poison pen letters were sent to Edith and suspicion fell on Rose. Court records show Rose was found guilty of libel in September 1921. 
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Born in in 1909, David’s parents had been friends with the Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale, who she was named after. She studied Mathematics at Bedford College for Women, going on to join UCL as a research assistant in statistics and completing her doctorate in 1938.
Mac Carthaigh appealed to Richard as a loyal subject, saying that “my ancestors from the time of the Conquest” of Ireland in 1170 have been loyal and that he himself has never waged war against the English. 
The voices of men mostly frame our collections, reflecting the historic interests of government and past societies. 
The light sensitivity of documents plays a huge role in determining both the conditions and length to which documents can be displayed in exhibitions. 
The wealth of records cross many government departments, illustrating the huge impact, particularly the militant suffrage campaign, had on government business.
'Its political genesis is a synthesis between the historical positions of left and right. It is too simplistic to say it adopts 'left' values but is rightwards in how to achieve them. 
To be fair, it’s a great pencil and, we’re told, it produces beautiful archival notes.
Men engaged historically in sex work faced a double stigma. Both homosexuality and sex work were controversial in their own right. 
It’s not just any pencil, it’s a National Archives pencil 
Lottie remains the youngest ever ladies Wimbledon champion and apparently spent much of her career playing tennis in a metal-and-whalebone corset while on court. 
At the LGBTQ+ friendly Caravan Club, described in the 1930s as ‘London’s greatest bohemian rendezvous’, patrons regularly wore make up.
They focused particularly on the Christmas period when numbers of alcohol-related road accidents were particularly high.
