Category - bicentenary of slave trade abolition

C of E should consider reparations for slave trade says Archbishop of Canterbury

staff writers — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:07:31 +0000

The Church of England should consider paying reparations for its role in the slave trade, the Archbishop of Canterbury said today.

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