Slavery

A painting of Lisbon depicts conspicuous displays of Portuguese imperial wealth and power – including enslaved African people

How slavery thrived in Renaissance Europe

General History

Kris Manjapra “Black communities have had to pay for the failures of emancipation”

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The failings of emancipation . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Escaping slavery in the American South

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The Demerara slave uprising

An illustration shows a sailor throwing an enslaved person into the sea, with other enslaved people below drowning

The Zong Massacre: what the dark episode meant for the British slave trade and abolition

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How slavery & empire shaped epidemiology

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Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded

Q&A Could Roman slaves buy their own freedom?

Engraving of a Roman slave market

Slavery in ancient Rome: how important were enslaved people to Roman society?

An illustration of the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865

Jamaica’s Morant Bay Rebellion: brutality and outrage in the British empire

A modern illustration shows prisoners of war being sold into slavery

Slavery in ancient Greece: what was life like for enslaved people?

Teachers Richard Kennett and Tom Allen discuss how they have worked with six other teachers to create a new textbook on Bristol and the transatlantic slave trade. (Image by Getty Images)

How should we teach the slave trade?

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Emma Dabiri "William Cuffay's story is more relevant now than ever"

Norman Davies introduces a long-maligned and overlooked monarch, George II, and reveals that there are in fact many reasons to remember his reign. (Image from Getty Images)

George II: reassessing a much-forgotten monarch