Resolution on transatlantic slavery supported by 123 countries, while three opposed it - including the US and Israel https://aje.news/rr32hx
March 25, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Resolution on transatlantic slavery supported by 123 countries, while three opposed it - including the US and Israel https://aje.news/rr32hx
French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery
French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery
Pierre Guillon de Prince believed to be first in France to formally apologise for ancestors’ allegiances to slavery
An 86-year-old man has issued what is believed to be the first formal apology by someone in France for their family’s role in transatlantic slavery.
Pierre Guillon de Prince’s ancestors, based in Nantes, which was the country’s largest port for transatlantic slavery, were shipowners who transported about 4,500 enslaved Africans and owned plantations in the Caribbean. Continue reading...
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April 18, 2026 at 7:35 PM
French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery
In 1803, the Igbo Landing became a bold act of defiance, where enslaved Igbo people chose death over slavery. Their resistance contributed to the fight against oppression and the brutal legacy of the transatlantic slave trade. 172 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD
March 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In 1803, the Igbo Landing became a bold act of defiance, where enslaved Igbo people chose death over slavery. Their resistance contributed to the fight against oppression and the brutal legacy of the transatlantic slave trade. 172 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slavery trade as a crime against humanity | John Dramani Mahama
It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slavery trade as a crime against humanity | John Dramani Mahama
This is not about assigning collective guilt to present generations. But injustice does not simply fade with time – it requires deliberate effort to address and redress, says Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slavery trade as a crime against humanity | John Dramani Mahama
May America one day be free of slavery in its entirety. Not just transatlantic chattel slavery
August 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
May America one day be free of slavery in its entirety. Not just transatlantic chattel slavery
New project funded with £1 million by Lloyd's Register Foundation at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy explores the history of transatlantic slavery. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/m... 1/3
Major grant to fund research into the history of transatlantic slavery - The National Archives
The National Archives has been awarded a £1 million grant by Lloyd’s Register Foundation for a new, collaborative research programme on the history of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. PASSA...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
March 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
New project funded with £1 million by Lloyd's Register Foundation at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy explores the history of transatlantic slavery. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/m... 1/3
The Wake by Khaleb Brooks will become London’s new Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery.
It will help to educate Londoners of the city's role in this terrible chapter in human history and honour the lives and descendants of those enslaved.
It will help to educate Londoners of the city's role in this terrible chapter in human history and honour the lives and descendants of those enslaved.
Memorial to victims of transatlantic slavery
London is getting a memorial to victims of transatlantic slavery. See the chosen artwork.
www.london.gov.uk
March 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Wake by Khaleb Brooks will become London’s new Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery.
It will help to educate Londoners of the city's role in this terrible chapter in human history and honour the lives and descendants of those enslaved.
It will help to educate Londoners of the city's role in this terrible chapter in human history and honour the lives and descendants of those enslaved.
Pope Leo apologizes for the Catholic Church role in the transatlantic slave trade and for supporting chattel slavery.
May 25, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Pope Leo apologizes for the Catholic Church role in the transatlantic slave trade and for supporting chattel slavery.
This is an increasingly huge bugbear for me. People incorrectly equate every form of historical slavery with the transatlantic slave trade, which, while somewhat understandable, only serves to diminish our understanding of how uniquely, deliberately grotesque the transatlantic slavery was.
(also, literally no historian denies that africans were active in the slave trade. the point is that the *transatlantic slave trade* was the product of european involvement and that it was a unique permutation of the trade such that it transformed half the globe)
May 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is an increasingly huge bugbear for me. People incorrectly equate every form of historical slavery with the transatlantic slave trade, which, while somewhat understandable, only serves to diminish our understanding of how uniquely, deliberately grotesque the transatlantic slavery was.
the Taiping rebellion and its suppression killed somewhere between 20 million and 70 million people over the course of 14 years; the transatlantic toll is around 4-6 million at the higher counts (from the deaths *of the trade* not all of slavery)
September 18, 2026 at 1:36 AM
the Taiping rebellion and its suppression killed somewhere between 20 million and 70 million people over the course of 14 years; the transatlantic toll is around 4-6 million at the higher counts (from the deaths *of the trade* not all of slavery)
The genocide, the transatlantic slave trade, and chattel slavery has entered the chat.
May 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The genocide, the transatlantic slave trade, and chattel slavery has entered the chat.
Amazing job opportunity the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for a curator of the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery:
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Curator, Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery - Schomburg Center
Job Opening: Curator, Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery - Schomburg Center at The New York Public Library in Schomburg Center.
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September 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Amazing job opportunity the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for a curator of the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery:
nypl.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...
nypl.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...
The International Day for the Remembrance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition is an opportunity to remember those whose lives were stolen by slavery and to confront the legacy it left behind.
August 23, 2026 at 6:10 AM
The International Day for the Remembrance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition is an opportunity to remember those whose lives were stolen by slavery and to confront the legacy it left behind.
Today is International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
"The day honors and remembers those who suffered and died as a consequence of the transatlantic slave trade, which has been called "the worst violation of human rights in history",...
"The day honors and remembers those who suffered and died as a consequence of the transatlantic slave trade, which has been called "the worst violation of human rights in history",...
March 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Today is International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
"The day honors and remembers those who suffered and died as a consequence of the transatlantic slave trade, which has been called "the worst violation of human rights in history",...
"The day honors and remembers those who suffered and died as a consequence of the transatlantic slave trade, which has been called "the worst violation of human rights in history",...
And yet, we don’t want the history of slavery and racism taught in our schools or learned in our national Parks because it might wake people up?! “French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery”
April 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
And yet, we don’t want the history of slavery and racism taught in our schools or learned in our national Parks because it might wake people up?! “French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery”
I am so delighted and honored to be a part of this Past & Present Supplement, “Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850.”
It was a pleasure and so enriching to work with @hsmurphy.bsky.social and the editors at @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/past...
It was a pleasure and so enriching to work with @hsmurphy.bsky.social and the editors at @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850
As the title suggests, the provocation of this Supplement is simple: that the histories of medicine, transatlantic slavery, and race cannot, and should not
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June 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I am so delighted and honored to be a part of this Past & Present Supplement, “Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850.”
It was a pleasure and so enriching to work with @hsmurphy.bsky.social and the editors at @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/past...
It was a pleasure and so enriching to work with @hsmurphy.bsky.social and the editors at @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/past...
"Ghanaian President John Mahama wants to push the proposal, which is supported by 40 African Union (AU) members, at the United Nations in March."
www.dw.com/en/ghana-sla...
www.dw.com/en/ghana-sla...
Ghana takes transatlantic slavery case to UN
Ghana's President John Mahama has received the African Union's backing in pushing the United Nations to recognize transatlantic slavery as the 'gravest crime against humanity.' But will the motion pas...
www.dw.com
February 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
"Ghanaian President John Mahama wants to push the proposal, which is supported by 40 African Union (AU) members, at the United Nations in March."
www.dw.com/en/ghana-sla...
www.dw.com/en/ghana-sla...
This is big.
Ghana takes transatlantic slavery case to UN
Ghana's President Mahama has received the African Union's backing in pushing the United Nations to recognize transatlantic slavery as the 'gravest crime against humanity.' But will the motion pass?
www.dw.com
February 23, 2026 at 3:17 AM
This is big.
I had the honour and incredible pleasure of being asked by the Mayor, Deputy Mayor's office and the advisory committee to report on the shortlisted proposals. This is huge! Well done London 🎉
'The Wake selected as the Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery'
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'The Wake selected as the Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery'
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The Wake selected as the Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery
The Wake selected as the Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery
www.london.gov.uk
August 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM
I had the honour and incredible pleasure of being asked by the Mayor, Deputy Mayor's office and the advisory committee to report on the shortlisted proposals. This is huge! Well done London 🎉
'The Wake selected as the Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery'
www.london.gov.uk/media-centre...
'The Wake selected as the Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery'
www.london.gov.uk/media-centre...
This statue symbolizes the suffering of millions of Africans who were forcibly enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade. It reminds us that the history of slavery is not just the past but still persists today in the form of racial discrimination and modern slavery.
March 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This statue symbolizes the suffering of millions of Africans who were forcibly enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade. It reminds us that the history of slavery is not just the past but still persists today in the form of racial discrimination and modern slavery.
PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) at The National Archives
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March 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
African and Caribbean nations call for formal apology for transatlantic slavery - BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...
African and Caribbean nations call for formal apology for transatlantic slavery
The leaders have asked for apologies from the countries that benefited from the slave trade, as well as debt relief and financial compensation.
www.bbc.com
June 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
African and Caribbean nations call for formal apology for transatlantic slavery - BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...
Today on Juneteenth, we acknowledge the moment when all African Americans were finally notified of their freedom.
Still, that “freedom” is a loose term.
Ending chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade was a moment of liberation, but that alone doesn’t define freedom. 🧵
Still, that “freedom” is a loose term.
Ending chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade was a moment of liberation, but that alone doesn’t define freedom. 🧵
June 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Today on Juneteenth, we acknowledge the moment when all African Americans were finally notified of their freedom.
Still, that “freedom” is a loose term.
Ending chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade was a moment of liberation, but that alone doesn’t define freedom. 🧵
Still, that “freedom” is a loose term.
Ending chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade was a moment of liberation, but that alone doesn’t define freedom. 🧵
Ghana has been in the news recently as they have submitted a draft resolution before the UN declaring the Atlantic Slave Trade the gravest crime against humanity.
In the spirit of that, March 25 is also International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
In the spirit of that, March 25 is also International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 25, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Ghana has been in the news recently as they have submitted a draft resolution before the UN declaring the Atlantic Slave Trade the gravest crime against humanity.
In the spirit of that, March 25 is also International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
In the spirit of that, March 25 is also International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade