Extreme weather events such as flooding, drought, wildfires, water scarcity and rise in sea levels driven by climate change ...

Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, which easily separated cotton fiber from its seeds, was merely a motor for a global economic machine. Slavery was its fuel. Many stakeholders ...

Slavery lasted for approximately 246 years from 1619 to 1865. In addition to that, there were 12 years of Reconstruction and 91 years of Jim Crowism (legalized discrimination). It is estimated that ...

Affluent liberals' purported compassion bears a striking resemblance to self-interest. In fact, like their 19th-century ...

Discover how African Americans have contributed to the U.S. economy, despite historical inequalities. Explore the impact of ...

The history is complicated, but the overall principle is simple: Slavery helped the United States become a formidable economic power. It had the opposite effect on enslaved people and their ...

Overview: This activity guide focuses on the economic implications of forced labor, both in the past and in the present. Students will examine the history of peonage prior to the twentieth century.

Dr Mohamed Saleh, Associate Professor of Economic History at LSE, explains: “The trans-Saharan slave trade was far smaller than the transatlantic slave trade, but it was a much older institution and ...

DAVID OLUSOGA:'These are Britain's forgotten slave owners.' DAVID OLUSOGA:'By the mid-18th Century, as slave owners in the Caribbean became increasingly wealthy from their sugar plantations ...

Despite Labour frontbenchers repeatedly speaking out against the Conservatives’ Illegal Migration Act (IMA), Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans to allow unaccompanied children whose age is dis ...