Although slavery is an ancient practice it has had its critics long before the 18th century. In West Africa there were a number of people who kept out of the slave trade, refusing to negotiate ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans arrived on ... Brazilian traders were finding it difficult to operate in West Africa because the British navy was ...

Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound ...

Sally Smith was kidnapped from West Africa by slave traders and lived until 1937 ... recorded living a peaceful life in her childhood before being seized by members of another local tribe and ...

The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and inhumane processes in human history. It is the subject of many studies, but the individual life histories of the arrival and survival ...

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has travelled to Ghana in West Africa for events ... Dungeons in Ghana used to hold slaves before they were shipped across the ...