Tag: Slavery AudioWilliam Hardin Burnley and Caribbean slaveryTuesday 12 November 2013William Hardin Burnley, the biggest slave owner in Trinidad, did everything in his power...AudioThe strange journey of Edward Swarthye, an African in Elizabethan England: from the Spanish Caribbean to rural GloucestershireFriday 7 December 2012In 1597, an African man named ‘Edward Swarthye, alias negro’ appeared before an English...AudioDigging for diamonds: hidden histories at The National ArchivesFriday 27 April 2012From ‘parachuting’ to ‘truffle-hunting’, there are many ways to research at The National Archives....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...