In 1881, a Pacific Islander woman brought here to work on a sugar cane plantation ran away. She was violently retrieved by her employer. Her story sheds moving light on a dark history of exploitation.
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The Haitian revolution was the first by a former slave colony and was to inspire other emancipation movements across the New World.
If Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had his way, the state’s past of lynching Blacks would be taught as an exception rather than the rule. History tells a different story.
Peacekeeping missions grab the headlines when they’re associated with tragedy and death – but that isn’t their full story.
An anthropologist writes that despite best efforts, there is no guarantee that children may not have been exploited in the production process of chocolate.
An expert on the royal family’s finances explains how they still benefit from historical connections to slavery and empire.
Winner of the Olive Schreiner Prize, What Happens was inspired by the discovery of a slave burial site.
Eighteenth-century Quakers attempted to align their religious beliefs with what they purchased. These Quakers led some of the early campaigns against sugar being produced by enslaved people.
Born in Blackness by Howard W. French is a towering work. It argues that, because of gold and slavery, Africa is central to creating the modern world.
Sugar has deep links with slavery in the US, but Black workers weren’t the only ones affected. In post-Civil War Louisiana, Chinese workers also toiled cutting and processing cane.
King saw parallels between the anti-colonial movement in Africa and the civil rights struggle in the US.
Before the Civil War, US activists sought to combat slavery through sugar boycotts. Instead, consumption grew.
The west has long defined racism as a function of colonial domination and discrimination. But in a changing world this definition must be challenged.
The lionization of Rittenhouse by the right proves that even skin colour is not enough to protect white people who support anti-racism movements.
Myths of Canada’s moral superiority in contrast to the United States can be a barrier to acknowledging and addressing racism in Canada.
Nigerian museums continue to present colonised versions of history. This harms local communities.
Black British women have been staging plays in recent years about Britain’s role in slavery, a history the country is too eager to forget.
The lie of the land: Britain’s hidden legacies of slavery in Eugene Palmer’s paintings.
Rather than being an act of censorship, The Rolling Stone’s decision to remove Brown Sugar from their set list is a show of artistic freedom.
Escaping slavery did not result in unconditional freedom.
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Associate Professor, Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of History, Arizona State University
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
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PhD Candidate, Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Chancellor's Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Practice in Education, Clark University
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Professor and Chair of History Department, Colorado State University
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Professor of Contemporary Slavery, University of Hull
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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SARCHI Ocean Cultures and Heritage, Nelson Mandela University
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Assistant Professor of History, Hunter College
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Professor of History, University of Alabama
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Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
