Slavery has existed in the world for several millennia. Before the development of technology to perform tedious tasks, slave ...

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 ...

However, the biggest pressure for the abolition of the slave trade surprisingly came ... And secondly, the Black Atlantic Slave Trade is seen today as one of the greatest atrocities of the modern ...

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to ...

Cudjoe Lewis could scarcely move. He was traveling across the Atlantic on an 86-foot cargo sailing vessel named the Clotilda. The cargo hold where he sat was cramped. It was loaded with the usual ...

The work of Jones and other anti-slavery activists was far from ended by the ban. Although the law imposed a legal prohibition, the international trade continued illicitly until the beginning of ...

A statue celebrating members of the Royal Navy who helped to end the Atlantic slave trade ... Following the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807, a Royal Navy squadron was stationed ...

A museum spokeswoman said the painting, set against the backdrop of a Caribbean sugar plantation, was based on a design commissioned by the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade on 5 July ...

Britain’s legacy as a leader in the Atlantic slave trade is often downplayed and overshadowed by the story of abolition, focusing on the moral and humanitarian leaders who lead the movement. This ...

With Holland marking the 150th anniversary of abolition this year ... Nation of Islam’s claim that Jews dominated the Atlantic slave trade. But in Holland, the issue of Jewish complicity ...

The sculpture shows three figures – a shackled female slave, an officer from the West Africa Squadron and a freed slave A statue celebrating members of the Royal Navy who helped to end the ...