In this adapted extract from The Crown’s Silence, which examines the royal family’s links with slavery from Elizabeth I to the present, Ottobah Cugoano directly appeals to the monarchy – but is met wi ...
Introduction : the journey of the slave-trader's letter-book -- The last laugh : December 2, 1858 -- "You are a noble boy" : June 1838 -- "Young as you are, you are ...
A new Smithsonian book reckons with the enduring legacies of slavery and capitalism Jennifer L. Morgan Blueprint, Terry Boddie, 2017. This work juxtaposes an image of a housing development in Harlem, ...
CU Boulder’s Henry Lovejoy updates LiberatedAfricans.org, which highlights a largely forgotten period of time in the history of African diaspora For Henry Lovejoy, an associate professor of history at ...
AFA copy 39088019024447 gift from Janet Stanley. 1. Potential laborers or "troublesome savages"? : settlement of liberated Africans in the Bahamas -- 2. "Binding them to the trade of digging cane ...
At least 12.5 million African people were trafficked to the Americas during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, wreaking a profound economic impact on a number of states, including Connecticut, according ...
The painful legacy of the transatlantic slave trade has left an indelible mark on history, reshaping continents and societies. Africa, the continent at the heart of this tragic chapter, witnessed the ...
In the summer of 2008, with only two weeks left before returning home from a visiting Fulbright professorship in Japan, I made a doctor’s appointment for a checkup to take advantage of that nation’s ...
A powerful African historical epic, ‘Ireke: Rise of the Maroons,’ is poised to make its global cinema debut on July 25, in what promises to be a landmark moment for African storytelling on the world ...
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