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 Tamil woman allegedly kept as slave was paid $3.39/day, on call 24/7, court told Couple allegedly beat the woman with frozen chicken, … 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
Oxford University college defies calls to remove statue of slave owner Christopher Codrington from its library after agreeing to change room’s name The Barbados governor bequeathed £10,000 to All Souls College upon his death A marble statue of Codrington has stood in the library since the 18th century The graduate college has reviewed its links … Read more
British academics are to create the largest ever database of investors in the slave trade that will highlight ties to modern-day firms. The Dictionary of British Slave Traders is a project supported by £1 million in government funding using research by British historians and experts. The database will feature biographies of investors covering a 250-year … Read more