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1 de may. de 2024 · Much of Britain’s trade with its colonies could still have happened absent the empire. Slave-based sugar plantations added just under 2.5% to the value of the British economy at its peak, less than the share of sheep farming.
Hace 4 días · May 25, 2024. In 1833, the British Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act, a historic piece of legislation that brought an end to centuries of chattel slavery in the British Empire. The act freed over 800,000 enslaved Africans in British colonies, making Britain one of the first major European powers to officially abolish slavery.
Hace 6 días · 23 May 2024. A new exhibition will explore how Leamington Spa benefited financially from colonialism and the transatlantic slave economy. It opens at the Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum on...
11 de may. de 2024 · Launched today, "The Brazilian Report's To Be Read" is a video book club that speaks with authors about different aspects of Brazil's history and contemporary political life. In this first...
14 de may. de 2024 · He points out that Britain lost the American colonies in the 1780s at the very start of the Industrial Revolution but, by the 1790s, trade had not only resumed across the Atlantic but was positively booming: we did not need a formal empire for trade to flourish.
20 de may. de 2024 · Reflect on Britain's role in the abolition of the slave trade, a moral crusade that had profound global implications and marked a turning point in human rights.
12 de may. de 2024 · In our inaugural session, the discussion will delve into the transatlantic slave trade and international law of the 19th century. For the full video interview on Brazil, Britain, and the slave trade, join us on Patreon for free!
