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Slave Trade

  • Slavery and colonialism: Why South African Hindus and Muslims celebrate Easter – in their own way

    Slavery and colonialism: Why South African Hindus and Muslims celebrate Easter – in their own way

    Nikhil Mandalaparthy, Religion Unplugged
    · Mar 31, 2024 · 09:00 am
  • How the Danish sold Tamils into slavery in Scandinavia and the story of one man’s escape to freedom

    How the Danish sold Tamils into slavery in Scandinavia and the story of one man’s escape to freedom

    Ari Gautier
    · Dec 25, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • ‘I wish to remain in Bombay’: Testimony of liberated enslaved women in 19th century

    ‘I wish to remain in Bombay’: Testimony of liberated enslaved women in 19th century

    Susannah Gillard
    · Jun 19, 2022 · 01:30 pm
  • What a 17th-century Dutch painting of an Indian boy tells us about migration today

    What a 17th-century Dutch painting of an Indian boy tells us about migration today

    Ajay Gandhi
    · Sep 19, 2021 · 11:30 am
  • British universities are looking into past ties with slavery and colonialism – but to what end?

    British universities are looking into past ties with slavery and colonialism – but to what end?

    Steven Greer, The Conversation
    · May 14, 2019 · 09:30 pm
  • Punishments and privileges: How plantation owners in the Caribbean kept control over slaves

    Punishments and privileges: How plantation owners in the Caribbean kept control over slaves

    Christer Petley
    · Nov 06, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • Slaver’s Bay: The little-known history of Dutch slave trade in a small town in Tamil Nadu

    Slaver’s Bay: The little-known history of Dutch slave trade in a small town in Tamil Nadu

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Aug 29, 2017 · 11:30 am