One of the country's most prestigious universities has sparked over claims leading intellectuals including Professor Stephen ...

It also shows up in bedrock, so researchers are using the element to help trace the roots of ancestors forcibly displaced by the transatlantic slave trade. “Where were my ancestors?” ...

Their lives were thrown into chaos when they decided to travel to England to establish trade relations – but got sold into ...

Although slavery is illegal in every country in the modern world, it still exists, and even on the narrowest definition of slavery it's likely that there are far more slaves now than there were ...

They say that your country, however great, can never stop a trade ordained by God himself. The Russian serfs were freed in 1861 by Emperor Alexander II. Four years later slavery was abolished in ...

Dr. Chavis shows us that the fight against the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade is not just about seeking justice for ...

Slavery was one of the cornerstones of ... and in defiance of those of their own country." Some of the trade was conducted clandestinely, under cover of other nations’ flags.

In fact, Joseph Gales had to leave the country due to the nature of the content of his ... However, the biggest pressure for the abolition of the slave trade surprisingly came from the women of ...

Calls from campaigners for compensation payments to be made to the countries affected by the slave trade have increased ahead of next week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHoGM ...

Slavery was one of the cornerstones of ... and in defiance of those of their own country." Some of the trade was conducted clandestinely, under cover of other nations’ flags.