History Of Slavery

Benin’s slavery theme park balances education and remembrance with crude commerce

The commodification of heritage and the spectacle of culture produced by the tourist industry may debase the experiences of painful pasts.

Dominique Somda, The Conversation
· Dec 19, 2022 · 11:30 pm
‘I wish to remain in Bombay’: Testimony of liberated enslaved women in 19th century

In 1847, the East India Company’s Indian Navy captured vessels with 47 women and girls and 12 boys in the Persian Gulf and brought them into Bombay Harbour.

Susannah Gillard
· Jun 19, 2022 · 01:30 pm
Five plays by Black women playwrights that depict the missing history of slavery in Britain

They do not resort to violence to show the seriousness of their stories but do so through thoughtful writing.

Lynette Goddard, The Conversation
· Nov 02, 2021 · 08:30 am

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