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3 days ago · Another reason to date the beginning of this argument to 2013 is that this was the moment when the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership project at University College London published their landmark public database, which traces the financial shadows cast by slavery, tracking the compensation paid to former slave owners in the 1830s as part of the process of emancipation.
20 hours ago · The major Atlantic slave trading nations, in order of trade volume, were Portugal, Britain, Spain, France, the Netherlands, the United States, and Denmark. Several had established outposts on the African coast, where they purchased slaves from local African leaders. [19]
5 days ago · His most recent TV series include the BAFTA award-winning Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners. As well as his TV work, David is an award-winning author.
2 days ago · Since in almost all cases there are no living ex-slaves or living ex-slave owners these movements have gained little traction. In nearly all cases the judicial system has ruled that the statute of limitations on these possible claims has long since expired.
5 days ago · Historic bursaries and endowments received by Aberdeen University from benefactors linked to the slave trade would be worth up to £166 million today, a new report has found.
4 days ago · Eventually, Spanish plantation owners replaced their Indian slaves with captive Africans. Thirty years later, the first major slave revolt in the Americas took place in the island’s capital, Santo Domingo. It was carried out by enslaved Africans who led an uprising on the Sugar Plantation of Admiral Don Diego Colon, the son of Christopher ...
5 days ago · From 1814 to 1824 the British governor and commander in chief at Freetown was Sir Charles M’Carthy, an active military man who thought that the most effective means of achieving Britain’s aims in western Africa was to extend its formal dominion over the most vexatious outlets for the slave trade.
