I was the first Black woman to publish my experiences and it helped push towards the Emancipation Act of 1833, which abolished slavery in most parts of the British Empire. But although people were ...

Billionaire and Twitter founder Elon Musk, who has been accused of spreading fake news, has stirred another controversy after claiming that the British Empire ended global slavery. "Not many ...

Looking at this single year, we can get a sense of the different experiences of life in the British Empire. In Jamaica, the abolition of slavery in 1833 had not actually freed enslaved people.

Despite slavery being abolished in the British Empire in 1833, RMSPC employed enslaved workers on the island of St. Thomas, which was a Danish colony at the time. The island served as the company ...

Works to restore the UK's oldest anti-slavery memorial have been completed. The memorial arch in Stroud, Gloucestershire, was built in 1834 to commemorate the abolition of slavery in the British ...

Black notes that “empire was in part supported and defended ... powers,” was central to ending the slave trade and slavery. British imperialism promised, and to varying degrees secured ...

Scotland's History Land and Votes Slavery is abolished across the Empire The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

The great-great grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone says he “shocked and horrified” to learn about seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and ...

Following a stir over Akshay Kumar saying 'F**k you' in 'Kesari Chapter 2,' director Karan Singh Tyagi reveals why it was important.

Rajesh James' 'Slaves of the Empire' is visually intriguing and aesthetically provocative as it goes about documentarising, ...

No other couple in human history has shown such a spirit filled with revolutionary ambition for change. That too in a ...