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Former slave-owners’ houses in Liverpool have been located by a national database.

In most cases the directory highlights the roads where slave owners lived - but it also contains exact addresses for certain individuals.

Five houses of slave owners have been located in both the city centre and Islington. Three have been pinpointed in the Georgian Quarter.

Have a look at the interactive map here to see how far you live from a former slave owner’s house.

Exact addresses are highlighted in red. Many houses could only be narrowed down to their street - these are highlighted in blue.

The database was compiled by the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership at University College London (UCL).

While slavery was abolished in England in 1807, it took 26 years for it to end in its colonies. Historians used compensation claims paid to slave-owners to locate where they lived.

Dr Nick Drater, director of the Centre, said: “This project is about slave ownership - not slave trade.”

“There is a sense that slavery has been forgotten. We remember abolition but not what came before it,” he added.

The map reveals that John Crosthwaite, who owned slaves in British Guiana, lived at 9 Maryland Street.

John Freeland, who owned slaves on plantations in St Lucia, lived at 12 Shaw Street.

While many cities choose to shun their links to slavery, Dr Drater thinks “Liverpool is the exception”.

The city is home to the International Slavery Museum, which highlights the history of the trade and Liverpool’s role in it.

Dr Drater said: “In the past 25 years, Liverpool has started to draw on its past. It’s very remarkable and sets it apart from other cities.”