Shocking: New Hidden Slave Trade Sites In Wales Revealed
By Our Reporter
Two sites
linked to Wales' hidden slave trade have been revealed by a high-tech history
project.
A former
mansion in Swansea and the remains of a vicar's home in a Denbighshire seaside
resort now boast plaques with QR codes that can be scanned by smart phones.
The latest
additions have been unveiled as part of Black History Month events.
The first is
the former home of copper baron Pascoe St Leger Grenfell at Kilvey Hill in
Swansea.
A
well-respected member of the community, he was regarded as one of the
architects of the city.
The remains
of Maesteg House at Kilvey Hill in Swansea now reveal the hidden links to the
slave trade
But his
Maesteg House home was built with the proceeds of slave exploitation in
Jamaica.
He received
the equivalent of £...