Following the termination of the international slave trade in 1808 ... This selection is taken from a book entitled My Life in the South, by Jacob Stroyer. Stroyer had been a slave on a large ...

Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound ...

Her name was Matilda McCrear, and she was the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave trade. Crear, who lives near ...

"I believe there are few events in my life that have not happened ... to secure slaves that they could trade. The slave trade devastated African life. Culture and traditions were torn asunder ...

They were simply living the life into which they ... "The white people apologised to him," my father said. Acclaimed Igbo historian Adiele Afigbo described the slave trade in south-eastern Nigeria ...

My only complaint was arthritic joint pain ... as most historians of the transatlantic slave trade focused their knowledge acquisition on the diaries of slave ship captains and bills of lading ...

Like 12 Years a Slave, Beloved is based on a real life story, that of Margaret Garner ... Solomon Northup’s story is not unique. My own research into narratives of, and interviews with, former ...

Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security ... slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms People often think ...

The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and inhumane processes in human history. It is the subject of ...

With hindsight, we feel remorse that these things happened and our great great grandfathers took part in the trade ... former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, The Narrative Life of ...