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Dear Andy Burnham: the full story of enslavement has to move beyond comforting stories
The prime minister’s focus on white abolitionists and working-class solidarity diminishes the true scale of Manchester’s...
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Repairing the legacy of slavery: what are campaigners calling for?
Debate has focused on cash payments, but advocates say reparatory justice must address much more than money
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Miliband criticises Blair’s slavery statement and defends Burnham’s plan for proper apology – UK politics live
The foreign secretary added that the UK will not shift its position on reparations
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‘Reparations now’: King and Burham face protests at Antigua Commonwealth summit
Activists see meeting as opportunity to demand UK confront role in transatlantic enslavement
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‘We want a full apology for slavery’: Commonwealth at a crossroads as king heads to the Caribbean
Campaigners say tour could hasten Charles’s removal as head of state unless he does more to confront monarchy’s historic...
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‘We built this land’: descendants of enslaved people are reclaiming their history across South Africa’s vineyards
Slavery was integral to the country’s wine industry, now a handful of wineries are addressing its legacy and righting th...
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How Black banjo players are changing Americana music
Originating with enslaved Africans, the banjo is now being reclaimed by Black musicians in contemporary music
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Giving voice to a lost history: retracing the steps of the Black lives that shaped Manchester
A new walking heritage trail follows hidden histories and overlooked landmarks in a city built on the cotton trade
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More than 1,000 women invested in companies at heart of Britain’s slave trade
Women used profits from trafficking of enslaved Africans to secure their families’ futures, research reveals
Home Improvement
How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners
Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave trade
Home Improvement
The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade
From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were c...