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  • 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

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    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