
Parliament and the British Slave Trade
By the end of the 17th century Parliament, with Royal support and backing, had supervised the development of…
By the end of the 17th century Parliament, with Royal support and backing, had supervised the development of…
The African continent is now recognised as the birthplace of humanity and the cradle of civilization. We still…
Anyone who has had their DNA tested will have noticed groups of people carrying the same DNA in…
The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act (1807) gave the Church an opportunity to address the controversial and…
The actual origins of Callaloo are widely contested. For Trinidadians, Callaloo is one part of their national dish:…
Little is known for certain about Toussaint Louverture’s early life, as there are contradictory accounts and evidence about…
Born as Elizabeth Coltman, in 1789, in Leicester, Elizabeth became a member of the Society of Friends and…
The vast majority of slaves transported to the New World were Africans from the central and western parts…
Conditions on board ship during the Middle Passage were appalling. The men were packed together below deck and…
Since its formation in 1532 under the guide of King Henry VIII, the Anglican Church has been a…
This documentary follows the research undertaken by the UCL database, which I wrote about here. Currently the first…
So when it came to my attention that there was a database detailing the compensation claims of almost…
Scots proudly played their part in the abolition of the trade. But for a time we misted over…
In Jamaica there exists a community called Pennants. It was named after a family that arrived from Flintshire,…
The town and its inhabitants derived great civic and personal wealth from the trade which laid the foundations…
Ottobah Cugoano, also known as John Stuart (c.1757 – after 1791), was an African abolitionist who was active…
The abolitionists were up against some formidable economic interests – and some of them even ended up getting…