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New research reveals King George IV profited from slavery in Grenada

Experts say finding heightens pressure on the monarchy to confront its historical links to slavery

The Guardian - US

Potential victims of modern slavery at record high, latest figures show

The latest Government data, published on Wednesday, gives figures for the three months from April to June 2025.

Evening Standard

Hegseth announces return of Confederate statue that whitewashes slavery to Arlington Cemetery: ‘We honor it’

‘It never should have been taken down by woke lemmings. Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history,’ Defense Secretary says

The Independent UK

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Plantation tourism, memory and the uneasy economics of heritage in the American South

The American South – and the nation more broadly – continues to wrestle with how to remember its most painful chapters. Tourism is one of the arenas where that struggle is most visible.

The Conversation

This is the week Scotland was forced to confront its role in slavery, and say: ‘Yes, that was us’

Guardian revelations about Edinburgh University’s links to both the practice and theory of the evil trade must now provoke a national reckoning on race, says poet and playwright Hannah Lavery

The Guardian - UK

The African activists who challenged colonial-era slavery in Lagos and the Gold Coast

When historians and the public think about the end of domestic slavery in west Africa, they often imagine colonial governors issuing decrees and missionaries working to end local traffic in enslaved people.

The Conversation

‘Washington Black' Proves That Black Period Pieces Can Center Joy—Not Trauma

The Hulu miniseries shows that historical fiction starring a Black cast can decenter slavery and find peace amid oppression.

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Tuesday briefing: The story behind the Edinburgh University ‘skull room’ – and a reckoning over its history

In today’s newsletter: What a landmark inquiry into the university’s slavery connections found – and what the institution is going to do about it

The Guardian - UK

‘The real issue is change’: Edinburgh University’s first Black philosophy professor on racism and reform

Prof Tommy J Curry reflects on leading the institute’s slavery review – and why it must lead to meaningful action

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the legacies of slavery: the response to Edinburgh’s report must go beyond academia

Editorial: Facing up to the past is crucial. But the real challenge for institutions and the societies they are part of is to act in ways informed by new knowledge

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

Scottish university apologises for colonial past after slavery links review

THE University of Edinburgh has published a review into historic links to slavery and colonialism following four years of research, and have issued…

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds

Exclusive: Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories

The Guardian - UK

Key people in Edinburgh University’s slavery and colonialism inquiry

University could rename buildings, events and prizes linked to historical figures named in its investigation

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The Guardian - UK

How the riches of its graduates tied Edinburgh University to slavery

Alumni such as Robert Halliday Gunning helped the university raise the equivalent of tens of millions of pounds

The Guardian - UK

Washington Black review – the romantic bits could have been stolen from a bad pop song

Atrocious dialogue, ludicrous plot, nausea-inducing love scenes: this adaptation of Esi Edugyan’s novel about the era of transatlantic slavery is highly wobbly. Luckily, it’s also highly watchable

The Guardian - US

Black home schoolers push back against racist, unregulated curricula: ‘They called slavery immigration’

As more Black families opt out of public schools, they’re confronting the racist materials dominating the home education market and building alternatives

Al Jazeera

Where is Liberia, whose president Trump praised for his ‘good English’?

Liberia was founded in 1822 as a colony for free Black Americans in West Africa as slavery ended.

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The Guardian - UK

Caribbean leaders back Jamaica petition to King Charles for slavery reparations

Caricom summit gives ‘broad support’ for request to Charles as region steps up campaign for justice

Evening Standard

Slavery victims cannot be ‘abandoned’ over loophole concerns, says Theresa May

The peer spoke out after her own frontbench argued her bid to protect those who fall prey to trafficking could be exploited.

Reason

What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant

It officially adopted the American Theory of Government: First Come Rights; Then Comes Government to Secure These Rights.

The Guardian - US

Slavery reparations group takes fight to Westminster and Brussels

Lobbying effort by independent delegation follows Jamaica’s move to ask King Charles to request legal advice

Reason

What Frederick Douglass Can Still Teach Us About the Fourth of July

Plus: What songs are on your Independence Day playlist?

The Guardian - UK

Where tourists seldom tread, part 17: three port towns freighted with history

From Ipswich’s medieval treasures to Ramsey’s seaside charm and Lancaster’s chilling legacy of witches and slavery

The Independent UK

Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists' commitment to abolition

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding light on the church's support for ending slavery

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