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 ...

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

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 ...

It's an uncomfortable reality, but modern slavery is endemic in global supply chains. Statistics on the scale of this issue are becoming as well known as they are shocking. Estimates put the ...

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 ...

Athens native Michael Thurmond shares the anti-slavery feelings of Georgia's founder, General James Oglethorpe.

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 ...

The pillars of the international slave trade, mass human trafficking, degrading economic transactions and unspeakable and horrific human rights violations serve as a timely reminder. SIGA ...