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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Liverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805

The 220-year-old ad, which was placed in Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser, reads: Apply to Lake and Brown: We have on sale by private contract, the remarkably fast sailing ship Metis, Liverpool built, about nine years old, copper fastened on the stocks, is very well found and will carry by the present act, about 185 slaves.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I learned about slavery from Hollywood. Why is French cinema so slow to depict our own colonial crimes?

France played a significant role in the transatlantic slave trade, yet its representation in cinema remains sparse.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months ago

Diving into history: National Geographic Explorer unearths slave ship stories in 'Into The Depths'

The podcast "Into The Depths" highlights the often-overlooked history of the ships that transported enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage.
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fromTheartnewspaper
3 months ago

Elsa James's exhibition in my home county, Essex, is a potent rejection of the erasure of history

Elsa James's exhibition confronts Britain's slave trade history and silences through immersive imagery and personal narratives.
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