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

These articles and resources present information on topics on slavery in various countries and in American academic institutions.

Time to kick off the UK debate on slavery reparations, article by Ferrne Brennan for The Conversation, published 3 June 2014.
English Heritage (an executive Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport) conducted some esearch revealing the slavery connection of Bolsover Castle, Brodsworth Hall, Marble Hill House and Northington Grange. The full reports are available at the linked page.
The Scottish Government's 'Historical review of Scotland's role in the slave trade and its abolition', published on the occasion of the 2007 Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
The Bristol Legacy Commission, whose work ended in 2012
Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery, a collection of resources on Bristol’s role in the transatlantic slave trade
David Alston's Slaves & Highlanders, a website displaying research on the role of Highland Scots in the slave plantations of Guyana in the late 18th/early 19th centuries
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies: Documents Relating To Slavery

Reparations in the USA
Slavery and Universities, a wiki devoted to slavery legacies in various American institutions.
Margalynne Armstrong, 'Reparations Litigation: What About Unjust Enrichment?' (pdf) (2002) 81 Oregon Law Review 771
'Apology and Reparations for Slavery', collection of links to academic articles, edited by Vernellia R. Randall, Professor of Law, University of Dayton.
Brown University, USA
Brown University's founders had links with slavery. In 2003, the University's President Ruth Simmons appointed a Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. See Brown's response to the resulting report.
University of Maryland runs a course on its ties to slavery.
For a Slavery and Reparations reading list, see books on the links tab.

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