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86. John Lawson Token
Manage episode 380935466 series 3432606
In this episode we get a taste of the not-so-sweet history of sugar, and a merchant who imported it into Lancaster in the Seventeenth Century. Find out more about the man behind a tiny token from the collection, and how sugar became a key battleground in the abolition campaign.
104 episodes
86. John Lawson Token
100 Years, 100 Objects: Stories from the Collections of Lancaster City Museums
Manage episode 380935466 series 3432606
In this episode we get a taste of the not-so-sweet history of sugar, and a merchant who imported it into Lancaster in the Seventeenth Century. Find out more about the man behind a tiny token from the collection, and how sugar became a key battleground in the abolition campaign.
104 episodes
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