Goree Piazzas Warehousing The Strand Area

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In 1793, and in response to demand, merchants constructed the 'Goree Piazzas', two massive warehouses at the end of what is now The Strand. They housed the vast quantities of colonial goods that flowed in and out of the port, and according to legend the iron rings set into their walls were used to secure slaves. In truth few Africans were ever brought to Liverpool, but the Goree did owe its name to the tiny island off Senegal that served as a marshalling point for millions of slaves en route to the Americas. The famous Royal Liver Building occupies some of the Piazzas original site.

Source: Slave Routes - Europe

Images Courtesy LRO

1) Goree 1946

2) Goree 1947

3) Goree 1948

4) Goree 1949

5) Goree 1955

6) Goree 1913

7) Goree 1947