For more than 200 years Britain was at the heart of a lucrative transatlantic trade in millions of enslaved Africans. But by 1807 the practice had been banned. How did this happen?
For more than 200 years Britain was at the heart of a lucrative transatlantic trade in millions of enslaved Africans. But by 1807 the practice had been banned. How did this happen?
Parliamentarians, women, slave revolt leaders and Quakers all played their part. Who are the lost champions of the abolition campaign? By Adam Hochschild.
Explore events in Africa, the Caribbean and the UK with audio, text and images, by Adam Hochschild
Black people have been portrayed in Western societies in a variety of stereotypical ways since the demise of slavery. By Professor Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Statues, street names, meeting houses and docks all hold clues to the history of the slave trade in your area.
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