The firm was named after the Earl of Hardwicke, a 18th century Lord Chancellor whose legal opinion was used by slave owners to provide legal advice to justify slavery.
British looting
On 5 December, a small group of people carefully removed a sign marking Cassland Road Gardens in east London and laid it on the ground. Thus was one corner of the capital purged of its association with an offensive historical figure – John Cass, an early-18th-century slave trader.
The slave-trading initiatives endorsed by the English monarchy began with Queen Elizabeth I’s enthusiastic support of John Hawkins’ slaving expeditions in the 1560s.
90 per cent of Ugandans live in Stone Age conditions.
“This is a history we have all been shaped by, albeit unequally.”
Her exploits should spur on African women in particular and all peoples of African descent to work selflessly to uphold the values and traditions of African society.
Despite his high-society associations, his ownership of property and his right to vote, Sancho was always aware of his African heritage.
It was the first book written by an African to demand the total abolition of the slave trade. It was also the first to press for reparations to African nations impacted by large-scale human trafficking.
He was baptised at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, in February 1759.
Charter allowing for the capture, kidnap and enslavement of Africans and the commitment to England’s role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade