The Gift explores how objects of prestige contributed to cross-cultural exchanges between Africans and Europeans during the Atlantic slave trade. An eighteenth-century silver ceremonial sword, ...

Excerpt taken from Hugh Thomas, The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade. There was no hope of returning home; the vast majority of slaves were stuck in the Americas for the rest of their lives.

There, we find the origins of colonialism, extractive long-distance trade, and capitalism. For historians of slavery, the origins of the modern world and the origins of the Trans-Atlantic Slave ...

The slave trade made many people very rich but also ruined the lives of those captured into slavery. As resistance grew and profit declined, the trade was finally abolished.

In the 17th century, the Indian ocean slave trade was arguably on a bigger scale than the Atlantic slave trade. The hub of this vile industry was in modern-day Tanzania, an area that specialized ...

We held a number of conversations with Black and ethnically diverse colleagues. We had some honest conversations with our Black and ethnically diverse colleagues, in both the Corporation and the ...

German CDU lawmaker Jens Spahn tells Bloomberg's Oliver Crook the European nation needs to adopt a common trade strategy with ...

Eight statues in Glasgow have been identified as representing people connected to the Atlantic slave trade. The Glasgow slavery audit found that gifts inherited from those linked to the slave ...

First-person accounts of slaves, ship owners, traders and colonists recounting the struggle to end the Atlantic slave trade. Drawing on the logbooks, letters and diaries of the victims and ...

With the roster freeze in effect, here's a look at five of the top NHL trade candidates from the Atlantic Division head into 2022. The NHL's holiday roster freeze is in effect until 12:01 am ET on ...