Project managers say The Rum Story should not "shy away from recounting history".

It will celebrate "familiar and lesser-known figures in the struggle for abolition", says curator.

A £70,000 statue celebrates the role a Royal Navy squadron played in tackling the slave trade.

An information board has been installed to provide vital context around the landmarks.

The City of London Corporation says the project "will enable us to understand and own our past".

Speaking in Nigeria, the UK foreign secretary said he wanted Britain to develop relations with Africa.

Arguments about reparations rumbled once again this week as the King spoke at the Commonwealth summit in Samoa.

A unique live show commemorating Belfast's opposition to the slave trade has opened in the city centre.