Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade: Remedying the 'Past'?

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Conference Press Release 20 October 2008

'This House Would Compensate the Descendants of Slaves' debate held on 13 October 2008 by the University College of London student union Debating Society in which Fernne Brennan took part. Click for a podcast of this debate (scroll down the page to 'Podcast'). The debate proper starts approx. 6 minutes into the podcast. [NB this is a first for a podcast attempt by the Debating Society - try again later if it doesn't work first time]

Reclaiming African History, 29 October 2008, London Metropolitan University

United Nations - Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Selected Internet Resources on the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Of bananas, trade and preferential treatment - Council of Hemispheric Affairs article by Rebecca Rush

Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation - WISE.

Recovered Histories, collection of 18th and 19th century literature on the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Captures the narratives of the enslaved, enslavers, slave ship surgeons, abolitionists, parliamentarians, clergy, planters and rebels.

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