Ghana’s Golden Coast
This West African state was a focus of the slave trade for centuries, and the first African colony to win independence, exactly fifty years ago. Graham Gendall Norton finds lots of history to explore.
Slavery & Abolition
British Made: Abolition and the Africa Trade
Kevin Shillington looks at the impact on Africa of the slave trade, and its abolition 200 years ago this month.
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.