Those who were liberated, we learn, were given “freedom papers,” promised “good treatment,” but not accorded the rights of ...

Olaudah Equiano's harrowing first-person account of being captured in Africa, transported across the Atlantic in horrific conditions aboard a slave ship, and sold into slavery in colonial America.

A vivid and chilling account of the deadly voyage that triggered the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade ...

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On 23rd of August each year, the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is recognised and celebrated. In light of this significant day, we will be acknowledging ...