The incredible journey of two princes from Mozambique whose lives were upended by the slave trade: A new book called The Two Princes of Mpfumo tells the fascinating story of a pair of royals from Mozambique in southern Africa whose lives were thrown into chaos by the transatlantic slave trade. We asked historian Lindsay O’Neill …
Angolan prince started campaign to end Atlantic slave trade long before Europeans did – new book: For centuries, it has been held that the ideas and movement for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade came from western abolitionists. No input from Africans has been acknowledged. As a professor of African and Atlantic history, I …
Lloyds of London archives show how important the City was to the transatlantic slave trade: The Slave Ship, by William Turner (1840): slavers throw overboard the dead and dying as a typhoon approaches. Wikimedia In 1783, the City of London was gripped by a court case which symbolised the brutal economics of slavery. Two years …
African leaders in Sierra Leone played a key role in ending the transatlantic slave trade: Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone and haven for thousands of free slaves. Original Artwork: Hatch Collection. Hulton Archive/Getty Images Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone on the west African coast, was named for the freed slaves who were returned …
Leonardo da Vinci’s mother might have been a slave: here’s what the discovery reveals about Renaissance Europe: A recently discovered note, drawn up by Leonardo da Vinci’s father, Piero, in November 1452, shows that he emancipated an enslaved woman named Caterina. The scholar who found the document (Carlo Vecce, a professor of Italian literature) has …
Barbados: after four centuries under the British crown, former slave island looks to bright new republican future: Fifty-five years after gaining independence from Britain in 1966, Barbados has become a republic – and other Commonwealth countries, where support for the monarchy is becoming more volatile than ever, could well follow in its wake. The change …
Check out this Paternoster image: Slave Bell Image by Fugue A bell in Paternoster, on the South African West Coast, dating back to colonial times. Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?
South Africa in the news: Chinese COVID Protection ‘Made by N.Korean Slave Labor’: South Korea, the U.K. and the U.S. imported personal protective equipment from Chinese manufacturers who secretly used North Korean slave labor, the Guardian reported on Nov. 20. The daily said the …: “South Africa” – BingNews Dale Steyn to join Kandy Tuskers …
Edward Colston statue toppled: how Bristol came to see the slave trader as a hero and philanthropist: Opponents to the felling of the statue of Edward Colston argue that it was vandalism and represents an attempt to erase history. But the statue has its own peculiar story – and it is far removed from the …
A nice South African City image: Slave Lodge-Old Supreme Court c1925 Image by MySkyGarden The slave lodge looked nothing like the building we see today – it is a bit misleading in that regard. The building fabric dates from slave times but in 1815 the architect Thibault totally refaced it to suit a new purpose …
Royal Navy sailors were appalled by conditions on slave ships, but those they ‘rescued’ rarely experienced true freedom: The capture of a slave ship by the Royal Navy in 1859, from which 847 enslaved Africans were released. Illustrated London News Britain was once among the most enthusiastic of slave-trading nations. But just over 200 years …
Check out this South African City image: Slave trader ledger p.18 Image by Special Collections at Wofford College Title: Slave trader ledger of William James Smith Date Original: 1844-1854 Description: This ledger meticulously details the prices paid and received for African-American slaves, as well as the expenses incurred by Smith in undertaking this business venture, …
A nice South African City image: Slave trader ledger p.39 Image by Special Collections at Wofford College Title: Slave trader ledger of William James Smith Date Original: 1844-1854 Description: This ledger meticulously details the prices paid and received for African-American slaves, as well as the expenses incurred by Smith in undertaking this business venture, such …
Broxgaard – w/ Radio Slave (Rekids) – a Culture interest event taking place on 2018-02-10 00:00:00 in Denmark at Culture Box 54 Kronprinsessegade Copenhagen Denmark – Add your South African Event here. Have you tried: Sailing in Africa ?
NASA: No, we don’t have child slave colonies on Mars: Alex Jones has managed to provoke NASA into responding to a bizarre conspiracy theory that they have a child slave colony on Mars. Nathan Rousseau Smith reports. : Weird News Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?
Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI at the Concertgebouw: The Slave Routes, 1550-1750 – a Africa interest event taking place on 2017-01-07 14:15:00 in Netherlands Jordi Savall leads Hespèrion XXI on a powerful musical journey exploring the theme of the slave routes, a dark chapter of Western history. The memory of those who were enslaved lives …
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