This Bull authorised Portugal to raid African Kingdoms, territories and land, capture and enslave the inhabitants and seize their natural and mineral resources, under the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church.
Law (RH) Resources Hub
June 17, 2021
Justice minister Lord Wolfson QC derides barristers’ chambers for changing its name over slave trade links
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.
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March 12, 2021
Life Aboard a Slave Ship | History Channel
From approximately 1525 to 1866, an unknown number of captive Africans were forcibly transported across the Middle Passage to serve as slaves in the New World. Life aboard slave ships was agonizing and dangerous; it is thought that 2 million slaves perished on their journey across the Atlantic.
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March 11, 2021
The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you – Anthony Hazard (TED-Ed).
Slavery has occurred in many forms throughout the world, but the Atlantic slave trade — which forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas — stands out for both its global scale and its lasting legacy. Anthony Hazard discusses the historical, economic and personal impact of this massive historical injustice.
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March 11, 2021
JOHN HAWKINS, ENSLAVER
John Hawkins effectively set the pattern that became known as the English slave trade triangle.
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December 14, 2020
Unpicking the slave-trade links behind Britain’s road names is proving tricky
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.
Law (RH) Resources Hub
December 10, 2020
FOUR CHARGED OVER DAMAGE TO COLSTON STATUE IN BRISTOL
The bronze statue, which had stood in Colston Avenue since 1895, had long been a focal point for public anger at the continued commemoration of people who had been involved in the city’s slave trade. A petition for its removal had gained thousands of signatures.
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November 22, 2020
BARBADOS, 1625 -SETTLEMENT BY THE ENGLISH
Across the Americas, the Spanish and Portuguese and then the Dutch were heavily involved in trading Africans to the New World. By 1663, England’s Royal Adventurers to Africa were fully involved as well, regularly offering slaves for sale in the West Indies for £17 each .
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October 9, 2020
BRITAIN’S INVOLVEMENT WITH NEW WORLD SLAVERY & THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: BRITISH LIBRARY
Many of the enslaved Africans were branded with the initials ‘DY’, standing for Duke of York. They were shipped to Barbados and other Caribbean islands to work on the new sugar plantations, as well as further north to England’s American colonies.
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October 9, 2020
IGNATIUS SANCHO: BRITISH LIBRARY ENTRY (EXTRACT)
Despite his high-society associations, his ownership of property and his right to vote, Sancho was always aware of his African heritage.