Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers on the transnational histories of slavery and abolition in ...

He continued to do so until 1807, when the British Parliament introduced the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The following people were all formerly enslaved. They played a key role in the ...

He continued to do so until 1807, when the British Parliament introduced the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The following people were all formerly enslaved. They played a key role in the ...

West Indian Slavery and British Abolition, 1783-1807 is a well-researched and clearly argued study that will repay reading by all interested in this ongoing debate.” -Stanley Engerman, University of ...

It was in 1833 that the British Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act, marking a decisive step towards ending the long, ...

The book is based on two decades of research into abolition, universal freedom and justice. In it, I explore the role played ...

On the assumption that slavery was a state rather than national institution, antislavery advocates at first anticipated that military defeat of the Confederacy would result in its abolition ...

West Indian Slavery and British Abolition, 1783–1807 is a well-researched and clearly argued study that will repay reading by all interested in this ongoing debate.' Stanley Engerman, University of ...

That's due to be completed in 2026, but another important new piece of historic research has recently been published, which looks at the British ... the slave trade after abolition, with the ...

While home secretary in 1792 and first secretary of state for war in 1796 he was said to be instrumental in deferring the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. Slave trading by British ships was ...

Fergusson received compensation after slavery was abolished from a £20m British government package for former slave owners. The Fergusson family shared over £3,500 in compensation in 1836 ...