Voices of Resistance exposes how 19th century British postal services profited from and enabled transatlantic trafficking of ...

“The slave trade was abhorrent. “We recognise its horrific impacts and the ongoing strength of feeling, but there have been no such discussions.” She added: “We will not be making cash transfers and ...

Jamaica gained independence in 1962 but like 13 other former British colonies, it still retains the British monarch as its ...

The "many" he refers to are the Africans taken as free people and then forced into slavery in South America, the Caribbean and North America. Along the west coast of Africa, from the Cameroons in ...

The slave trade had long-lasting negative effects on the islands of the Caribbean. The indigenous peoples, the Arawaks, were largely wiped out by European diseases, violence, starvation and ...

The demands come amid increasing republican sentiment in the Caribbean. Ms Mottley removed ... to recognize that it once profited from the slave trade. Speaking when he was still Shadow Foreign ...

Officials from David Lammy’s department set to meet Caribbean delegation demanding trillions of pounds, sources claim ...

Caribbean Leader Tells EU Chief: Apologise and Pay Reparations for Slavery By Catarina Demony (Reuters) - Former colonial powers must apologise and pay compensation for their historic role in the ...

The transatlantic trade in enslaved people increased African slavery. Due to the huge demand for an enslaved labour force to work on Caribbean and American plantations, European traders set up ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of ...

demonstrates the continuities of European slavery and colonialism in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, examining calls for reparations in all three regions for what most now acknowledge to ...