Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The history of London's Newgate Prison
London’s longest-running prison was home to high-profile criminals, common thieves and the condemned
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The Zong Massacre Trial
The appalling case of 130 enslaved Africans murdered for an insurance claim
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Frances Burney’s mahogany desk: A symbol of slavery
Exploring histories of pain and exploitation in one English novelist’s writing desk
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Saxon & Medieval
Saxon & Medieval
Priory of St Leonard, Stratford-at-Bow (seal impression)
Early Medieval; mid-late 13th century
Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Mrs Pankhurst on the Country in Danger. Kingsway Hall. Women's Social and Political Union (notice)
Women's Social and Political Union
1914-11-30
