Schoolchildren will learn more about Bristol’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade with a new textbook created by teachers and historians. It comes after last year’s Black Lives Matter protests and the toppling of the Edward Colston statue. Eight history teachers in Bristol worked together with Bristol museums and historians to research and write the … Read more
Jamaica is planning to ask the United Kingdom for compensation for the Atlantic slave trade in the former British colony, a senior government official said. The Caribbean island nation will file a petition that could seek billions of pounds in reparations, pending legal advice, Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s minister of sports, youth and culture, said. ‘We are … Read more
Melbourne couple paid ‘slave’ $3.39 a day, beat her with a frozen chicken and expected her to be on call 24/7 during eight-year ordeal where she slept one hour a night, court hears By Australian Associated Press Published: 00:54 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 00:54 BST, 8 April 2021 A Tamil woman allegedly kept … Read more
Bilal Fawaz was banned from going to school. When visitors arrived at his London home, the then 14-year-old was ordered to stay upstairs. He was beaten. His days were spent doing household chores. He wasn’t allowed to leave the house. He was a slave. The teenager, who had recently landed in London from Africa, was … Read more
Haberdashers’ Aske’s £21,000-a-year private schools could change name after discovering founder had shares in slave trading company which transported 100,000 Africans to plantations in the West Indies and America The Habs schools could change their name due to its founder’s links to slavery Robert Aske had shares in the Royal African Company which enslaved 100,000 … Read more
Lloyd’s of London has pledged to publish a catalogue of its 3,000 treasures to root out any connections with the slave trade. The world’s oldest insurance market is seeking an archivist to examine its vast trove of goods obtained over more than three centuries, including paintings, furniture, swords and silverware. Lloyd’s has posted an advert … Read more
Scotland’s first black professor Sir Geoff Palmer will lead an Edinburgh University review into buildings and statues linked with the slave trade. The consultation follows controversy over the university’s decision to rename the David Hume Tower due to the 19th century philosopher’s controversial views on race – including that black people are ‘naturally inferior to … Read more
Villages, halls, churches and pubs have all been branded as beneficiaries of the ‘transatlantic slavery economy’ by Historic England. A sweeping review by the public body linked rural communities to ‘money made in transatlantic slavery’ which ‘permeated English society for centuries’. Historic England, an arm of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport which … Read more
Villages, halls, churches and pubs have all been branded as beneficiaries of the ‘transatlantic slavery economy’ by Historic England. A sweeping review by the public body linked rural communities to ‘money made in transatlantic slavery’ which ‘permeated English society for centuries’. Historic England, an arm of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport which … Read more
‘Woke’ travel guide on Edinburgh’s slave trade links says statue of 18th century MP Henry Dundas should be pulled down Travel guide calls for removal of Tory MP Henry Dundas statue from Edinburgh Dundas delayed abolition of slavery in British colonies for more than a decade Book looks at debate over renaming buildings and monuments … Read more