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In the 18th and 19th centuries, slave ships sank near Bahamas; researchers found their trail revealing the darkest chapters of human history

Fourteen wrecked slavers' ships were identified in the Bahamas. These vessels transported enslaved Africans during the 18th and 19th centuries. The wrecks reveal a previously unknown route for the transatlantic slave trade. Historical research identified these ships as part of a larger maritime traffic. The findings bear witness to the…

The Economic Times

The Zorg by Siddharth Kara review – scarcely imaginable horrors at sea

A vivid and chilling account of the deadly voyage that triggered the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade

The Guardian - UK

Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student

Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place

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‘My paintings don’t fit the narrative’: Kerry James Marshall on why he’s depicting black enslavers

He is arguably America’s greatest living painter, elevating everyday black life to the level of epic, jaw-dropping masterpieces. Now, for his biggest European show, the artist talks us through his disturbing new works

The Guardian - UK

My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture

According to one strand of history, slavery was abolished when Europeans found their conscience. According to another, it was abolished when it stopped being profitable. Both approaches tend to underplay the significance of Black resistance.

The Conversation

11 best rums to sip straight, on the rocks and in cocktails

Add these to a dark and spicy old fashioned or a sweet and fresh daiquiri

The Independent UK

What Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’

Though Frederick Douglass remains the most well-known abolitionist to visit Ireland in the decades prior to the American Civil War, he was not the only one.

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‘Highway to horror’: 14 wrecked slavers’ ships are identified in Bahamas

Largest cluster of sunken vessels from the 18th and 19th centuries have been identified, bearing ‘silent witness’ to the colonial past

The Guardian - UK

Two black heroes on slave trade abolition stamp series

Brief letters: Olaudah Equiano and Ignatius Sancho | Seaweed servings | Bank profits | Retirement age | A vote for Labour

The Guardian - UK

‘She campaigned tirelessly’: Guardian readers nominate Black Britons worthy of a postage stamp

After an all-star panel told us who they would celebrate to mark Black History Month, we asked readers for their suggestions

The Guardian - UK

Anger as plaque for enslaved Black man axed after ‘wrong’ image used: ‘do all slaves look the same?’

Exclusive: Criticising the plaque debacle, a campaign group asked “do all former slaves look the same?”

The Independent UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

The story of the Earth; an A-Z for language lovers; pop-up Egyptian mummies; an enslaved man’s journey to freedom; and the best YA

The Guardian - UK

The lost Jews of Nigeria

The long read: Until the 1990s, there were almost no Jews in Nigeria. Now thousands have enthusiastically taken up the faith. Why?

The Guardian - UK

Joy Labinjo: ‘I wanted to correct the notion that Black people arrived in Britain with Windrush’

For her latest show, the Dagenham-born artist bridges the personal and the political by bringing forgotten but crucial figures back to life

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