Slavery & Abolition

Richard Cavendish describes the massacre of the 'slave hounds' at the settlement of Pottawatomie Creek on May 24th, 1856.

Graham Gendall Norton travels in search of those who fought for the rights of all.

Bill Rolston describes the impact of an erstwhile slave, who toured the Emerald Isle speaking out against slavery in 1845.

Angela V. John looks at the uncomfortably long and close links between slavery and the cocoa trade.

James Walvin reviews current ideas about the vast network of slavery that shaped British and world history for more than two centuries.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's influential work first appeared in the National Era on June 5th, 1851.

Stephen D. Behrendt marks the advent of an electronic database for the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Richard Cavendish charts the early life of the abolitionist John Brown, born on May 9th, 1800.

Ghana's slaving past, long regarded as too sensitive to even discuss, is now becoming a lively issue. A group of Ghanaians, led by lawyers and tribal chiefs, have convened an Africa-wide meeting to seek 'retribution and compensation for the crime of slavery’.

John Geipel on how the enforced diaspora of the slave trade shaped South America’s largest nation.

Graham Norton looks at dilapidated forts and castles in West Africa

Robin Blackburn describes how the message of liberte, egalite, fraternite, acted as crucial catalyst for race and class uprisings in Europe's Caribbean colonies.

Emancipation in British Guiana brought an influx of indentured labourers from India, whose working and living conditions were destructive of caste and culture, and often as harsh as those of the slaves they replaced.