The slave revolt in St. Domingue (now Haiti) led to the world’s first black republic. Segment 4: Creative resistance. Despite the efforts of Europeans to erase the identities of slaves, they ...

Plaques have been unveiled on the statues of slave traders in London which reveal the “enormous wrongdoings” of the men as ...

By Wole SoyinkaThere is a compelling relevance in my recalling prior occasions when I have had the honour of addressing this gathering. The most memorable, without question, took place during the ...

This Saturday (July 5), the Ashé Cultural Arts Center will lead a procession in remembrance of the horrors of the slave trade ...

By the conclusion of the trans-Atlantic slave trade at the end of the 19th century, Europeans had enslaved and transported more than 12.5 million Africans. Advertisement Skip to the content ...

From the beginning, the history of slavery in the Americas was mired in efforts to minimize its impact. Even before the end of the slave trade and of slavery, a robust and profoundly destructive ...

The abolitionists used many ways to convince people that the slave trade should be abolished. As the ideas of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade grew in popularity, a network of ...

The Slave-trade is exclusively a vice of the Northern States. The Southern States detested it, and one of their first acts was a stringent law against it.

King Charles has spoken frequently and emotively about his abhorrence of the slave trade, including during a visit to Ghana in 2018, when he spoke of the "appalling atrocity of slavery.". He went ...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte talks to invited guests after apologizing on behalf of his government for the Netherlands' historical role in slavery and the slave trade at the National Archives ...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Monday on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ role in slavery and the slave trade. Prime Minister Mark Rutte said history often is “ugly ...