Liverpool grew into a major commercial port in the 18th century, when it was also crucial for the organisation of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool became a world ...

Cigar manufacturing and the hotel business also became crucial parts of Liverpool, New York's economy in the 19th century. New York State built up the village and nowadays, the village serves as a ...

A wealthy tobacco merchant, Joseph Williamson employed local men to dig out the network of tunnels in the Edge Hill district of Liverpool in the early 19th Century. The excavation happened at ...

In the late 19th century, one of Liverpool's most notable executioners was James Berry, who perfected the "long drop" hanging technique, supposed to result in instant death as opposed to a slow ...