Cape Coast Castle in Ghana was a slave fortress that played a large part in the capture and transportation of enslaved Africans. Profitable trade in West Africa led Europeans to set up permanent ...

Slavery has existed in the world for several millennia. Before the development of technology to perform tedious tasks, slave ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

After his recent Grammys stunt, rapper Kanye West has made a string of controversial statements, from urging President Donald ...

I've received this from Stephen Glynn in the US who suggests an interesting resource for those interested in anti-slavery patrols: I absolutely love listening to your podcasts, and I have especially ...

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

The sculpture shows three figures – a shackled female slave, an officer from the West Africa Squadron and a freed slave A statue celebrating members of the Royal Navy who helped to end the ...

Once a holding cell for kidnapped Africans, the island’s House of Slaves is today a UNESCO World Heritage site—and the site of healing and atonement.

We wish the West Africa Squadron Memorial Fund the best of ... not wanting to get involved in that because it’s got slavery in the title, without knowing the full story.” ...

O. Jason OSAI urges African leaders not to allow themselves to be led into new slavery by treaties and agreements they don't understandThe 1980 Box Office comic movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy" garnered ...