New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in the 1700s and 1800s.
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Frederick Douglass was introduced to the idea of universal human rights after traveling to Ireland and meeting with Irish nationalist leaders.
Few people embody the contradictions of U.S. history like the author of the Star Spangled Banner, someone who denounced slavery as a moral wrong but rejected racial equality.
Britain’s Royal Navy embarked on a huge anti-slavery campaign, but those ‘rescued’ didn’t always feel the benefits.
A furious Twitter row between a TV personality and South African politician about slavery sheds light on the failings of arguments in 280 characters.
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Assistant Professor of History, Georgia Southern University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Honorary Fellow, Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull
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Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute, Quinnipiac University
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Professor of Economic Development & Peacebuilding, University of San Diego