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Escaping slavery in the American South.

The Demerara slave uprising.

Emma Dabiri"The Harder They Fall doesn’t engage with one of the main drivers behind the violence".

Photograph of Bass Reeves, the first black deputy US marshal west of the Mississippi River

From slave to real Lone Ranger? The incredible life of black Wild West lawman Bass Reeves

Emma Dabiri“He dreamed a career that seemed impossible and made it a reality”.

In late 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong, facing a shortage of water, threw overboard much of their ‘cargo’. The massacre of 133 African people and resulting law case – not for murder, but insurance – focusses attention to the treatment of enslaved people. (Image by Alamy)

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

West Indian recruits lift logs in training at a WW2 air base

OpinionWhy WW2 commemorations need to recognise the Black contribution.

Zazie Beetz and Jonathan Majors in the Netflix film The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall: the real cowboys who inspired the black Western

Black cowboys on screen.

Ira Aldridge: Shakespeare’s black Othello

African-American women’s battle for the vote.

Apartheid: everything you wanted to know.

Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded.

A West Indian immigrant in 1960s Britain: A real lonely Londoner.

A montage of Romans (Photos courtesy of Getty and Alamy)

How ethnically diverse was Roman Britain?.

The title page and frontispiece of Olaudah Equiano’s Interesting Narrative, a first-hand account of his experience in slavery and how he seized his freedom. (Image by Getty Images)

David Olusoga on the extraordinary story of Olaudah Equiano.

Liberty and racism: an interconnected history.

An illustration of the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865

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

Emma Dabiri“Merriman-Labor’s searing satire of the British was not well received”.

Emma Dabiri“Anarcha Westcott should be hailed as a ‘mother of gynaecology’”.

How should we teach the slave trade?.

Wartime Britain’s mixed-race babies.

Portrait of Ide B Wells

Ida B Wells: civil rights activist and scourge of lynch mobs

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

Australian bushrangers: folk heroes or common criminals?.

A man runs on an athletics track with a crowd behind him

Harry Edward: Britain’s first black Olympic hero.

Emma Dabiri"Harriet Jacobs’ writing transports readers to the world of Southern slavery".

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury Docks

Bound for Britain: your guide to the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush

African Europeans.

A depiction of the Haiti Rebellion. From 1791-1804, the Caribbean isle of Hispaniola burned and convulsed as enslaved Africans rose up in rebellion after rebellion – finally emerging as independent Haiti. (Image by Getty Images)

The Haitian Revolution: the enslaved Africans who rose up against France.