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Nii Laryea Korley. Additional Crew: Britain's Slave Trade. Nii Laryea Korley is known for Britain's Slave Trade (1999) and The Returnee (1995).
2. Britain became involved in the transatlantic slave trade in the seventeenth century, although the first related voyage was made by John Hawkins in 1562. 12. The first British company to engage in the slave trade was the Royal African Company (RAC), which was given a monopoly in trading by King Charles II. 13.
In this article, we test the constructivist theory of moral action against the record of the most costly international moral action in modern history: Britain's sixty-year effort to suppress the Atlantic slave trade from 1807 to 1867.
Liverpool Slave Trade Records, 1754–1792 includes a large volume of financial documents — bills of exchange, invoices, accounts, and other financial documentation. It also features a good deal of private correspondence from leading figures involved in the transatlantic slave trade. The dispassionate nature of these documents can be shocking.
15 lug 2015 · In 1834, Britain’s government made the extraordinary decision to compensate former slave-owners with the equivalent of $22 billion in today’s money. In the second part of this revealing documentary series, historian David Olusoga traces the bitter propaganda war waged between pro-slavers and abolitionists.
18 ago 2016 · For more BBC Teach resources: https://bbc.com/teachHistorian David Olusoga visits Harewood House to explore how the wealth of slave owners returning from abr...
Since the summer of 2020 debate concerning the commemoration of one of Scotland’s leading eighteenth century politicians has galvanised opinions.
