Tag: Slave trade On the RecordColonial Office RecordsThursday 25 August 2022The Colonial Office was the government department responsible for Britain’s colonies at various points...AudioWriter of the month: Researching untold historiesTuesday 5 November 2013Dr Kathleen Chater discusses her book Researching Untold Histories: Black people in England and...AudioThe last slave market: Dr John Kirk and the struggle to end the African slave tradeWednesday 15 February 2012In the mid-19th century, the Zanzibar slave market was notorious as the last place...AudioUntold histories: black Britons during the period of the British slave trade, c1660-1807Monday 12 December 2011What was life like for the ‘average’ black person in England before the 20th...VideoSession for Schools: Help Equiano End SlaverySaturday 16 April 201118th century writer and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano (George Eggay) invites students and teachers to...VideoSessions for Schools: The case for the TradeSaturday 16 April 2011An 18th century slave trader (played by actor Andrew Ashmore) puts the case against...