Category - abolition of the slave trade

Africans and Caribbeans 'alienated' by Westminster Abbey slavery service, say evangelicals

staff writers — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:36:06 +0000

Christian leaders have said the Church of England has a lesson to learn from a Westminster Abbey Abolition service which alienated a number of the people it intended to represent.

Archbishop joins calls for slave trade apology

staff writers — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:53:45 +0000

The Archbishop of York has joined calls by other church leaders and politicians for the British Prime Minister to make a formal apology for its part in the transatlantic slave trade.

Online exhibition traces origins of slave trade abolition

staff writers — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:55 +0000

Quakers in Britain have launched an online exhibition of archived resources tracing the history of the anti slavery movement from its Quaker beginnings to the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807 and beyond.

Remembrance is not enough

Jonathan Bartley — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:53:38 +0000

As the bicentenary of the end of the transatlantic slave trade approaches Jonathan Bartley says we are enslaved until Africa is free

March in chains to apologise for transatlantic slave trade begins

staff writers — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:30:37 +0000

Campaigners bound in chains have set off on a 250-mile march to commemorate the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

Freedom! sculpture tours UK to mark bicentenary of slave trade abolition

staff writers — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:00:34 +0000

As the UK commemorates the end of the slave trade, an original sculpture has been commissioned by Christian Aid and National Museums Liverpool from a group of Haitian artists representing their continuing struggle for freedom and human rights.