In the old manorial pew of my church there are a number of striking memorials. One is to an unfortunate young member of the ...

Londoners split on whether £1.1million spent on new slave memorial is worth the money - The seven-metre tall sculpture is set ...

(The Root) — This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for ...

The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition will be remembered at events in Hull this weekend. The Lord Mayor, Councillor Cheryl Payne, will attend a commemoration on Saturday in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Engraving shows the arrival of a Dutch slave ship with a group of African slaves for sale, Jamestown, Virginia, 1619. The Dutch ...

Fragments of sugar moulds linked to a baker based on The Strand in Liverpool have been uncovered.

The tronco, meaning “tree trunk” serves as the centerpiece for Slavery: Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery at the United Nations in New York (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic) In 1646, João ...

The contributions of Olaudah Equiano to the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade are as impressive as they are numerous. Equiano was a voice for the thousands of Africans being enslaved by Europeans, ...

Although the legal institution of slavery was abolished long ago, its mentality has not been completely erased from modern ...

In “Captives and Companions,” Justin Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, harem women and forced laborers who underwrote empires in Asia and North Africa. By Thomas Meaney Thomas Meaney is the ...