As I stand at its base, straining my neck to take in its towering, wooded slopes, it’s easy to understand why Le Morne mountain is such an emotive cultural symbol for Mauritians. In the island’s south ...

Six of these original members were among the largely Quaker group of eighteen Philadelphians that reorganized in February 1784 as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery ...

Celebrated for its unparalleled quality, likened to silk and cashmere, this rare textile is both a symbol of luxury ... 1627 and persisted until the abolition of slavery in 1834.

Narrator: In the 18th century, the movement to end the slave trade emerged. In Britain a powerful abolition movement inspired by activists and politicians from around the world began to bring ...

Virtually everyone agrees that slavery is inhumane and degrading and ... and they do not have any rights that would justify the abolition of slavery. Some people take the argument further and ...