Tag Archives: Slavery

27Mar/26

The UN Resolution on Slavery Reparations

March 27, 2026PoliticsAbolitionism, Argentina, Atlantic slave trade, Black British history, Canada, Dan Negrea, Digital Frontier, France, Ghana, Haiti, Harold Adlai Agyeman, Human rights, International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Isak Nti Asare, Israel, Japan, Jasmine Mickens, Jermaine Ross-Allam, John Dramani Mahama, John Mahama, Kyeretwie Osei, Luc Mubiala Mutoy, Pan-African Congresses on Reparations, Remembrance days, Reparation, Reparations for slavery, Slavery, UNESCO, United Kingdom, United States, World Conference against Racismadmin

UN General Assembly Makes History: Declares Transatlantic Slave Trade the “Gravest Crime Against Humanity”

March 27, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — On March 25, 2026, coinciding with the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic resolution declaring the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement as “the gravest crime against humanity”. Spearheaded by Ghana and heavily supported by the African Union and Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Resolution A/80/L.48 marks a significant shift in international human rights by calling for a comprehensive framework of reparatory justice.

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25Aug/23

Slavery stole Africans’ ideas as well as their bodies: reparations should reflect this

August 25, 2023PoliticsAbolitionism, Antonio Guterres, Atlantic slave trade, Bob, Creative Commons, Felwine Sarr, George, Guterres, Guy, Henry Cort, Jack, Jamaica, Jemmy, Jenny Bulstrode, Kiev, Kofi, Kwasi, London, Matt, Mingo, Nanny, Patrick Robinson, Reparations, Reparations for slavery, Ron DeSantis, Sam Sharpe, Sheray Warmington, SHUTTERSTOCK, Slavery, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

Jenny Bulstrode, UCL and Sheray Warmington, UCL

In a speech to mark Unesco’s campaign for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, UN secretary-general António Guterres told the United Nations general assembly earlier this year that the inequalities created by 400 years of the transatlantic chattel trade persist to this day. “We can draw a straight line from the centuries of colonial exploitation to the social and economic inequalities of today,” he said.

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04May/23

Is the King racist?

May 4, 2023LifestyleAbolitionism, Abolitionism in the United Kingdom, African slave trade, Americas, Atlantic slave trade, Continents, Elizabeth, John Hawkins, Racism, Royal African Company, Slave Trade Act, Slavery, Slavery in Africaadmin

The British monarchy has a long and complicated history with slavery. The first known English slave trader was John Hawkins, who sailed to Africa in 1562 and captured 300 enslaved Africans. Hawkins’s voyages were supported by Queen Elizabeth I, and they helped to establish the English slave trade. Continue reading →