Scamming the West: What’s really behind the UN’s ahistorical transatlantic slavery resolution

The United Nations General Assembly, led by Ghana, recently passed a resolution by a 123-3 vote declaring that the ...
Afro

Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent ...
Hosted on MSN

Africa’s shame: its hidden role in the slave trade

WHENEVER the topic of slavery is raised, it is usually the Trans-Atlantic trade, yet it is only a fragment of a much longer story of human bondage and suffering. There are also popular misconceptions ...
BBC

UN votes to recognise enslavement of Africans as 'gravest crime against humanity'

Around 12-15 million Africans were captured during the slave trade The United Nations General Assembly has voted to recognise the enslavement of Africans during the transatlantic slave trade as "the ...
insider.si.edu

African Slave-Trade; Slaves Taken from Dhow Captured by H. M. S. "Undine" Engraving

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.