Recently, The Guardian revealed its links to slavery and the cane fields – but less well-known is The Sydney Morning Herald’s links to sugar and the slave trade.
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Dignity is at the centre of many rights-based declarations, but to eradicate racist policy and practices, we must commit to noticing each other’s personhood in new ways.
A document, which dates to 1452, shows that da Vinci’s father emancipated an enslaved woman named Caterina – Leonardo’s mother.
While it may be challenging for organizations to manage all the activities within their global supply chains, there are best practices they can adopt to prevent modern slavery.
Secession talk evokes fears of a second Civil War. But one scholar says secession is already happening in the US under a variety of guises.
By reflecting on the violent origins of the Canadian sugar industry, we can bring wider attention to the exploitation underpinning the history of Canadian cuisine.
Dhamaal music and dance reveals a rich and complex mixing of cultures that is shaped by history.
Founding Father and Princeton University president John Witherspoon told American colonists to resist the ‘slavery’ of British rule, even as he held slaves himself.
In the face of violent crime, both real and imagined, too many U.S. police forces adhere to racist philosophies about rooting out ‘internal enemies’ as they did hundreds of years ago.
John Chilembwe features on Malawi’s banknotes and is remembered in a public holiday every year. But he is little-known elsewhere.
Understanding when, where and why fishing vessels sometimes turn off their transponders is a key step toward curbing illegal fishing and other crimes on the high seas.
This movie is absolutely worth seeing. But it’s best viewed with the awareness of its significant alterations of history.
Western fashion, laundering and style reflected the racialized politics dramatically shaped by profound global transformations bound up with slavery, colonialism and modernization.
In the middle of the tremendous outpouring of love and grief for the Queen and the monarchy she represented, not everyone wants to take a moment of silence. And there are a lot of reasons why.
Is it possible to disentangle the personal attributes of a gentle and kindly woman, from her role as the crowned head of a declining global empire that waged numerous wars? Many don’t think so.
The women’s rights movement in the 1800s did not openly support legalizing abortion or birth control. But the reasons why are complex.
Community plays have become a way for the stories and experiences of slavery survivors to be told and understood in Jamestown, Accra.
Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a different story.
Forced labour in the cane fields of Queensland has had a lasting influence of the Australian nation.
Studying local Africans’ contributions to the abolition of slavery provides a fuller understanding of its history.
Principais colaboradores
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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
