beginning in 1526 and lasting through to slavery’s final days, to see the impact of Black peoples’ demands for freedom.

People now fish at the spot where it's believed the first slaves arrived "It was late August of 1619, and it was the English vessel White Lion," Professor Newby-Alexander says of the ship that it ...

People from ethnic groups along the coast, such as the Efik and Ijaw, usually acted as stevedores for the white merchants ... hunting animals like the lion. Igbo slaves served as domestic servants ...

From the Bible they drew favorite images of thosewho had overcome adversity: Daniel escaping the ... of white control. Preachers were key organizers of the nineteenth century's major slave ...

T he long history of slavery in the United States has been at the heart of public debates during the past two presidential ...

There are many examples of saints buying slaves and then setting them free (e.g. St. Nicholas, Trinitarian Fathers & White Fathers). Unfortunately there were also Catholics and even clergy ...

This survey is a synthesis of the economic, social, cultural, and political history of the Atlantic slave trade, providing the general reader with a basic understanding of the current state of ...

including one that allowed for slavery as criminal punishment, one that barred interracial marriage and one that separated schools for white and Black students. The Oregon ballot measure proposed ...

but we have seen how frantic the world and Africa become if a white European hostage is missing or meets death in Africa. It shows an indifference towards the descendants of slaves and deep ...

Teachers on school trips to Britain’s leading slavery museum should acknowledge their “white privilege”, visitor guidance states. The International Slavery Museum in Liverpool tells the ...

Maskiell - author of Bound by Bondage ‘Brilliantly researched, well-written, and fascinating, Michael Douma tells a new story about slavery in the North. It is a must read for anyone interested in the ...