The right-wing think tank Policy Exchange has published a report attacking the Church of England Commissioners for planning ...

Henry Brown escapes slavery by mailing himself in a small wooden box to a free state. But that’s less than half his story. In ...

Lord Sewell, the former chairman of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, states in the report’s foreword that he ...

Historians can trace the lives of over 200 people of African origin who lived in England during the Tudor period. These individuals did a variety of jobs and lived in different places, from cities ...

In 1772, the judge, Lord Mansfield ruled that ‘no master ever was allowed here (England) to take a slave by force to be sold abroadBecause he deserted from his service, therefore the man must be ...

The Church of England itself. The Church's interest in the issue dates back many years. In 2006, it apologised for the role that clergymen had played in the transatlantic slave trade. In 2019 ...

Only a minority accept that Scotland partnered England to derive its historical wealth from slavery and colonies ...

click image for close-up Long after slavery had been abolished in England, the Leeds Anti-slavery Series spoke out against slavery. In this issue, the English publication included an article about ...

The Church of England's plan to put £100 million towards slavery reparations has been condemned as "poorly justified, ...

The Church of England is appealing for other organisations to help it establish a £1 billion fund to address its former connections to slavery. A £100 million sum was initially pledged by the ...

After many voyages, including stints on a Spanish merchant ship and with England's Royal Navy, Newton found himself sailing on a slave ship. Always troublesome in his youth, Newton was discharged ...

The Church of England (CofE) has been urged to use its £100 million transatlantic slavery fund to reverse cuts to Sunday services and parish priests. The Church committed to handing out the funds ...