Industrial Revolution iron method ‘was taken from Jamaica by Briton’
Wrought iron process that drove UK success was appropriated from black metallurgists, records suggest An innovation that propelled Britain to become the world’s leading iron...
Category : Slavery
Sierra Leone’s symbolic Cotton Tree falls during storm in Freetown
Centuries-old Ceiba pentandra marked where formerly enslaved people had prayed upon arrival in west Africa A centuries-old tree that served as a historic symbol in...
Benin bronzes made from brass mined in west Germany, study finds
Metal used for west African artworks was acquired from manilla bracelets, the grim currency of the slave trade Scientists have discovered that some of the...
Clive Lewis calls for UK to negotiate Caribbean slavery reparations
Labour MP says Rishi Sunak should talk to region’s leaders after Trevelyan family announcements The Labour MP Clive Lewis has called on Rishi Sunak to...
‘My forefathers did something horribly wrong’: British slave owners’ family to apologise and pay reparations
The Trevelyans were shocked to see their name in a slavery database and a journey to Grenada confirmed the continuing impact of their grim history...
C of E’s historic slavery fund – worth £100m but how far will it stretch across communities?
Clerical leaders hope for ‘lasting legacy’ to serve places affected by past slavery trade, but fund may spread thinly across all of west Africa and...
‘A search for ourselves’: shipwreck becomes focus of slavery debate
Vessel that sank with more than 200 transported people onboard is being used to humanise the story of slavery In 2015, a delegation from the...
Barbados plans to make Tory MP pay reparations for family’s slave past
Richard Drax reported to have visited Caribbean island for meeting on next steps, including plans for former sugar plantation The government of Barbados is considering...
‘Moment of reckoning’: Queen’s death fuels Jamaica’s republican movement
Ascension of King Charles III has prompted renewed questioning of a British monarch as head of state In a crisp black suit, white shirt and...
Portrait of tyrant Thomas Picton moved to side room in Welsh museum
Exhibition includes two specially commissioned works reframing story of former Trinidad governor For more than a century, the portrait of Thomas Picton hung in a...
