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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
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Escaping slavery in the American South
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The Demerara slave uprising
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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
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Could Roman slaves buy their own freedom?
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Slavery in ancient Rome: how important were enslaved people to Roman society?
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Jamaica’s Morant Bay Rebellion: brutality and outrage in the British empire
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Slavery in ancient Greece: what was life like for enslaved people?
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How should we teach the slave trade?
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Emma Dabiri
"William Cuffay's story is more relevant now than ever"
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George II: reassessing a much-forgotten monarch
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