The 1802 Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot was part of Napoléon’s effort to retake Haiti − then known as Saint-Domingue − and reestablish slavery in the colony.
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A new archival study uncovers details about Lloyds of London’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. Whether historical or political, reparatory justice relies on such historical evidence.
Slavery ‘regrettable’, says Richard Drax, the biggest landowner in the UK parliament.
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While a Florida curriculum implies that enslaved Africans ‘benefited’ from skills acquired through slavery, history shows they brought knowledge and skills to the US that predate their captivity.
Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone and haven for thousands of free slaves.
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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.
Siddi children performing Dance Dhamaal in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India.
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Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a different story.
Mansa Musa, the king of Mali, approached by a Berber on camelback, from The Catalan Atlas, 1375.
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The question of what should happen to symbols of oppression has re-emerged a hot-button issue now that the graffiti-covered figure has moved to Bristol’s M Shed museum
Mural by Gabriel Marques, Dublin.
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It took black folk unimaginable resources of creativity, humanity, humour and generosity to detoxify the N-word for their own collective sanity.
Students at Georgetown University protest in 2019, demanding the school make amends for its history with reparations.
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History is full of examples of nations paying out to compensate for slavery. But the money never went to those who suffered under the system, only those who profited.
Tourists pose for pictures at the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana.
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Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Professor at Africa Institute Sharjah & Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University
Senior Research Fellow, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at IUPUI and Journalist-fellow, Religion and Civic Culture Center, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences