Slavery

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Enslavement, separation & survival: the story of “Ashley’s sack” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Captives being brought on board a slave ship on the West Coast of Africa (Slave Coast), c1880. Although Britain outlawed slavery in 1833 and it was abolished in the USA after the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War in 1865, the transatlantic trade in African slaves continued. The main market for the slaves was Brazil, where slavery was not abolished until 1888. (Colorised black and white print). Artist Unknown.. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Black British history Slavery's painful legacy

American Republican politician, Robert Smalls (1839 - 1915), born a slave in South Carolina, he was later elected to serve as a Congressman for his home state. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

Black History Month The slave who stole a ship and sailed to freedom

Paterson Joseph and Ignatius Sancho

My history hero Paterson Joseph chooses Ignatius Sancho

Hakim Adi

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Hakim Adi “There’s still this hangover that everything has to be seen through the prism of enslavement”

Around 200,000 freed slaves, like this soldier, joined the Union military in the Civil Wa

The Emancipation Proclamation Your guide to Abraham Lincoln's proclamation

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African and Caribbean people in Britain: a 2,000-year history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How one woman liberated a notorious US slave jail . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Moses Roper, the first African-American fugitive from slavery to make a home in Britain

Moses Roper: the story of an American fugitive from slavery in Britain

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

How slavery thrived in Renaissance Europe

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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