Posts Tagged ‘Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade’
UK stole 25m years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados, says report
A recent report about the United Kingdom’s involvement in slavery in Barbados put a hard number on the cost.
Read MoreMan in his 80s becomes first in France to formally apologise for family’s slavery links
Pierre Guillon de Prince has apologized for his ancestors, who were shipowners who transported around 4,500 enslaved Africans.
Read MoreABHM Book Club: Black In Blues by Imani Perry
We are pleased to announce ABHM’s May’s Book of the Month: Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry. We invite you to join us on May 30th at 1:30 p.m. for a discussion of the book at America’s Black Holocaust Museum or virtually via Zoom.
Read MoreBad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Performance Uses Cultural Storytelling To Center Puerto Rican Pride And A Message Of Unity
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance was a living tribute to Afro‑Caribbean history, showcasing the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Read MoreBritish crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals
A new book reveals how much the British monarchy was involved in slavery, despite appeals for them to honor the humanity of enslaved people.
Read MoreRevealed: the long-suppressed stories of the world’s oldest slave ship
Divers and researchers are revealing the history of the ship that was sunk to hide evidenced of its involvement in slavery.
Read MoreLiverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805
The ad casally describes a ship’s role in the slave trade, showing how people felt about slavery at the time.
Read More14 sunken slaver ships found in Bahamas
Largest cluster of sunken vessels from the 18th and 19th centuries have been identified, bearing ‘silent witness’ to the colonial past. A summary of Dalya Alberge’s article “‘Highway to horror’: 14 wrecked slavers’ ships are identified in Bahamas” published at The Gaurdian.
Read MoreA crown branded onto bodies links British monarchy to slave trade
While searching through records at the British Library, a man comes across a brand that represented the Royal Family’s connection to the slave trade.
Read MoreMiddle Passage Ceremonies And Port Markers Project – The Malaga Speaks
MPCPMP invites you to a webinar with performing artist Antonio Rocha in observance of the UNESCO-designated International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition. The program will be on Zoom from 7-8pm ET, and in order to attend you must register for free.
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