Artefact: Sugar nippers Steel sugar nippers like these were tools used for cutting off small pieces of sugar.

Artefact: The slave trade 'The Slave Trade' is a painting by the artist George Morland.

Artefact: Yoke Forked wooden sticks or yokes were used to tie captives together in a line or coffle when they were marched to the coast.

Artefact: Carved wooden figure This figure is of an enslaved African breaking free of his chains in what may be seen as a symbolic gesture.

Artefact: Cowrie shells These cowrie shells are from the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean, and were used as decoration to show the wealth and status of the owner.