Narrator: In the 18th century, the movement to end the slave trade emerged. In Britain a powerful abolition movement inspired by activists and politicians from around the world began to bring ...

We do not pay reparations,” said Downing Street official spokesperson, when asked what PM Keir Starmer's view on paying reparations for Britain's involvement in the slave trade was. Calls from ...

Slavery and colonialism did not make Britain rich, and may even have made the nation poorer, a new study has found. The riches of the slave trade were concentrated in a few families while the ...

Britain’s King Charles III delivers a speech during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, Samoa, on October 25, 2024. On Friday, King Charles III ...

from Britain rather than rival nations. It led to the slave trade, with slaves transported from English ports to America. High inflation and heavy British taxation on the colonies caused a ...

SLAVERY is thriving in Britain, police statistics revealed at the weekend. Children are among the victims of forced work, domestic servitude and sexual exploitation, according to figures disclosed by ...

Previous government attempts to negotiate an international solution to the slave trade had failed miserably. Within a year Lincoln opened negotiations with Great Britain and in 1862 a treaty was ...

Explore research into how our history and collections are connected to the transatlantic slave trade. Many museums in the UK have legacies that are rooted in colonialism. In the nineteenth century, ...

The post-world war history of the UK and London is an important influence when understanding the political economy of development, global trade and international power structures. Britain’s legacy as ...

Is not the slave trade entirely at war with the heart of ... protests against "enslavement" by Britain and demands for American "liberty " would become common in the rebellious colonies, and ...