What happened? Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow. Mount Vesuvius, on the west coast of Italy, is the only active volcano in continental Europe and is thought to be one of the … Read more
Slave quarters dating to the 18th century are unearthed at Jesuit plantation in Maryland revealing remains of cabins, tobacco pipes, coins and other personal belongings Newtown State Park in Maryland was the location of an 18th-century plantation Experts have uncovered remains of cabins that were home to slaves in the 1700s The site also revealed … Read more
TV historian Lucy Worsley leads ‘review’ of royal palaces’ links to slavery including Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Kensington Palace home Historic Royal Palaces review follows similar exercise by the National Trust Review being led by Lucy Worsley, 46, known for BBC history documentaries The historian also described National Trust as ‘ahead of the game’ … Read more
A PureGym personal trainer has apologised ‘whole heartedly’ after posting an ‘ill-judged’ 12 Years a Slave workout for Black History Month. Matt Simpson, a black man, posted a new workout for his clients on the PureGym Luton and Dunstable Facebook page, saying: ‘Slavery is hard and so is this’. He has since removed the post … Read more
Music venue named after Edward Colston is renamed the Bristol Beacon after slave trader’s statue was toppled in the town A ceremony was held today to change the ‘toxic’ name of the Colston Hall venue Bosses maintained attraction in Bristol gets its name from the street it sits on A statue of Colston was toppled … Read more
The latest act to earn a place in the Britain’s Got Talent Final has been revealed as magician Magical Bones. Performing during Saturday’s episode, the star captivated the judges as he revealed the secret behind a trick and then made his long-distance girlfriend appear. After his act, which was inspired by former slave Henry Box … Read more
Five people interviewed over the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol will be offered conditional cautions, a chief constable has said. The bronze memorial to the 17th century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 7, before being dumped in Bristol Harbour. No arrests … Read more
One of Scotland’s best state schools where Ronnie Corbett and Dame Muriel Spark studied is urged to change its name because of founder James Gillespie’s slave trade links Nearly 600 signed a petition for secondary school in Edinburgh to be renamed James Gillespie was a tobacco merchant who made his money in the slave trade … Read more
A school in Westchester has come under fire after a teacher handed out an image to students about the Black Lives Matter movement, comparing modern-day cops to slave owners and the Ku Klux Klan. Westlake High School educator Christoper Moreno gave his 11th-graders a handout on September 8, on the first day of classes. The handout … Read more
A dominatrix has insisted that people should ‘accept this sort of behaviour’ after her and her ‘slave’ were barred from a gastropub in Cumbria for public sadomasochistic display. Dominatrix Lydia Chadwick, 30, had tied her ‘slave’ to a roof beam with a dog lead and spanked the masked person with a paddle on Sunday evening … Read more