There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

The Sherman Theatre in Cardiff was looking for stories that spoke to a Welsh audience at the time and representatives contacted Azuka, who felt it was her "call to arms" to explore Wales' links with ...

Azuka was inspired to write the play after a visit to Cardiff's Llanrumney Hall where she first learnt about Wales' connection to the Atlantic slave trade. Azuka Oforka grew up in London but moved ...

Empire, Slavery and Revolt in the Church of England by Martyn Percy takes the British Empire’s church militant to task. Is ...

An anti-slavery arch on a Gloucestershire street corner is gleaming once more after a £42,000 project to repair and restore ...

They were dragged willy-nilly into the strange new world of capitalism and were turned into poorly paid landless serfs in the ...

Yet, there’s no denying our past is complicated. I acknowledge and regret the injustices wrought by the British Empire, the ...

The British also used slavery to boost their position and advance their own interests. Trade became triangulated during the mid-1600s between the British Empire, its colonies, and foreign markets.

The issue is very clear, as The Guardian(UK) reported on March 25: despite its scale, 85% of Britons today do not know the full extent of Britain’s involvement in the slave trade. Over three million ...