The Latest Breaking News from Slavery

Antoinette Sandbach ‘struggling with difficult history’ after initially threatening to sue University of Cambridge over academic’s research

“Reparations have been paid for other wrongs and obviously far more quickly, far more speedily than reparations for what I consider the greatest atrocity and crime in the history of mankind: transatlantic chattel slavery.” So noted the eminent Jamaican international jurist Judge Patrick Robinson, when launching the 115-page Brattle Report…

In a tweet that has gone viral, a far-right Dutch politician known for his anti-Islam stance has claimed there is a "market" in Ethiopia where Muslim women are being sold, with a video to back it up. In the images, a crowd can be seen surrounding people kneeling on the…

The former MP’s quest to break the public link with her ancestors is misguided. Better to accept our legacy and work for change, says author and broadcaster Alex Renton

Former Tory MP said to have raised concerns she was being singled out when there are other living relatives

The descendants of Ann Joice, separated as part of the sale of 272 people, are at the center of a vital new work

Student says he has been pressured to remove a reference to Antoinette Sandbach, a descendant of a slave merchant

Black Atlantic at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam museum explores how Britain’s role in slavery can be seen through its fine art. Rather than giving simple answers, reflection is its aim

Exclusive: If the UK wants to be a country that demonstrates values of justice, then it should say sorry for its mass enslavement of African people, Dickon Mitchell tells The Independent

The descendants of a 19th-century Scottish sugar and coffee planter who owned thousands of slaves in Guyana have apologized for the sins of their forefathers and called slavery a crime against humanity

Samrat Choudhury's book maps Northeast India's long journey from isolation to integration, highlighting unresolved issues like autonomy and independent states. Colonial records provide insight into the region's history, while Christianity's quick pick-up and slavery's prevalence are discussed. The author explains why some creative problem-solving is required to sort out festering…