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Benin grants citizenship to descendants of enslaved people. US singer Ciara is among the first
U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West ...
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Ciara becomes a citizen of Benin as African country extends offers to slave descendants
Singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African ...
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Turning slave routes into trade routes: Le Hunte urges stronger Caribbean-Africa business ties
As Emancipation Day 2025 approaches, former Republic Bank executive and public policy advisor Robert Le Hunte is calling for a bold economic shift—one that transforms the painful legacy of the ...
My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture
According to one strand of history, slavery was abolished when Europeans found their conscience. According to another, it was ...
How one shipwreck and a cargo of lost gold sparked a U.S. financial panic
The S.S. Central America sank off the coast of South Carolina in 1857, taking with it 425 lives and a fortune in gold rush ...
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Poignant piece of Lancaster's slave trade history restored
A memorial to enslaved Africans transported on Lancaster-owned ships as part of the Transatlantic slave trade has been ...