Slavery & Abolition

The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre

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

La Route Des Abolitionnistes

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

Frederick Douglass: A Black Abolitionist in Ireland

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

A New Slavery?

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

Slavery and the British

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

Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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

Counting the Slaves

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

Birth of John Brown

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’.