A three-masted vessel adorns the city’s buildings and both teams’ crests. But is it an emblem of a crime against humanity?
) to enslavers, for their loss of “property”, that was part of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
Visual symbols are rarely nuanced. They do not come with explainers or caveats. Their raison d’être is to be unambiguous. This makes Manchester’s ship even more perplexing. The city has so much to be proud of, yet it continues to define itself with an image marking the most suspect activity in its history.
Manchester is home to some of the world’s great poets, musicians, scientists, artists, inventors and football clubs. It is famous for solidarity, innovation, resistance and reinvention. Yet the city still chooses to use the three-masted ship as its totem.
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