Decades before the United States, France outlawed slavery during the French Revolution – only to see it reimposed by Napoleon within a decade.
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New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in the 1700s and 1800s.
Many Catholic schools in Britain retain the name John Henry Newman, despite his opposition to abolishing slavery.
Abolition in the UK tends to focus on the work of Yorkshireman William Wilberforce but there were many Black abolitionists whose tireless work has been forgotten.
The turn towards authoritarianism, xenophobia and racism in Western democracies makes it unlikely that former Western slave-trading nations will agree to reparations in the near future.
A reenactment of the largest slave rebellion in US history involves a plot twist. A scholar who studies race, history and memory says the new ending can spark new beginnings.
Both in 19th-century America and today, the initiative and choices of those making the journey are often ignored.
After several decades in which many housewives turned their backs on slave sugar, it suddenly made a comeback.
Book adds a great deal to our understanding of how children were ensnared into the Indian Ocean slave trade.
Merchants from Brazil, Cuba, North America and the British West Indies traded goods grown by slaves on plantations, for more slaves.
He took a remarkable stand against slavery in the countdown to the American Civil War – but opinion differs about his methods.
The most hated president in US history could teach our new leader a few things.
A growing roll call of books, films and television shows are focusing on the legacy of slavery.
The number of people in slavery across the world is on the rise, or maybe researchers are just getting better at counting.
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Associate professor, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor of Contemporary Slavery, University of Hull
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Professor of History and Provost Emeritus, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Lecturer in English, University of Plymouth
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Professor of History, University of Essex
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Professor of History, University of South Wales
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Leader of Research Group “The Production of Knowledge on Migration” at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück University
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Columbia University
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Professor of Management, University of Bristol
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Professor of History, University of Botswana
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Reader in Postcolonial Literature, Leeds Beckett University
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Associate provost, professor of politics, University of San Diego
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Professor of Economic Development & Peacebuilding, University of San Diego
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Professor Emeritus of History, University of Kentucky