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The king and queen’s visit to the former colony is the first by members of the Dutch royal family in nearly five decadesThe Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, vowed on Monday that the topic of slavery would not be off-limits as he visits former colony Surin…
On first official visit to UK, leaders say aim is not to ‘break the British Treasury’ but to find solution to help clean up ‘mess’ left by colonialismThe Caribbean’s slavery reparations body has decried misleading press reports that suggest their aim i…
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impactA delegation from the body leading the Caribbean’s slavery reparations movement will be in the UK next week for a “historic” first official visit to…
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial placeAn A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity …
In this bonus episode, the Guardian journalist Chris Osuh explores whether we are living through a pan-African moment 80 years on from Manchester’s groundbreaking 1945 Pan-African Congress‘A sense of freedom’: 80 years on from the Pan-African Congress …
Backlash as California governor rejects measure allowing preferential treatment for descendants of enslaved peopleCalifornia’s governor, Gavin Newsom, is facing backlash from progressives over his veto of a reparations bill that would have allowed univ…
In this weeks newsletter: Many paint reparations as impossible, unprecedented, even absurd – world experts tell a different storyGood morning. Happy Black History Month! We are now a week into a time of reflection on the richness of Black history and c…
Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archiveA bundle of letters discovered for sale on eBay by a man researching his roots has cast new light on the lives of prominent Brit…
Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economyThey were places of crushing hardship for the poorest people in Britain for centuries but a new report highlights how closely workhouses in Engla…
Move comes amid calls for reparations for slavery and king’s removal as head of state of Caribbean countryThe government and opposition in the Caribbean island of Grenada have joined forces to drop the oath of allegiance to the British crown amid growi…