Memorialisation in public space in Louisiana fails to reflect the history of the state's black population, or the evils of slavery. It is time for that to change.
Despite the clear historical evidence, both Britain and Ghana still sanitise memories of the brutality and suffering of the transatlantic slave trade.
As was the case across the Americas, formal emancipation in Barbados did not automatically lead to ‘freedom’ for formerly enslaved people.
What can runaway ads tell us about histories of exploitation and exclusion in post-slavery Peru? How did 'masters' govern before surveillance technology?
In debates over how to remember the imperial, slave-driving past, what can Bristol learn from Belgium?
Language within the Rastafari culture, known as Iyaric, or Word Sound, has been formed in resistance to the effects of white supremacist domination as it manifest in slavery and colonisation.
The parish of St Paul’s occupies an important place in the history of Black Britain. But what part should the history of slavery play in its inhabitants identities?
Most public debate over the legacy of Edward Colston focuses on his statue. But what of the schoolchildren’s ceremonies that take place in the cathedral?
The debate over Edward Colston’s statue goes to the heart of the visual politics of memory and history. What can Britain learn from France’s treatment of its slave-trading past?
Legacies of slavery’s past dot many a British cityscape. But how best to handle the architectural politics of memory?
What role does memory play in the politics of the present? How can we build better futures through politicising the past? The Brigstow Institute brings us a series reflecting on these questions.
Archaeology has incredible powers of detection, but it suffers from emotional sterility. When we unearth the bones of the enslaved, we must feel their humanity through the science.
