Slavery

International day of abolition of slavery
Which is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery? Thursday, December 2 marks the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Why is Int...
Liverpool and slavery
Were there slaves in Liverpool? In the 1780s Liverpool-based vessels alone carried more than 300,000 Africans into slavery. By 1795 Liverpool controll...
International slavery
What is international slavery? Slavery in international law is governed by a number of treaties, conventions and declarations. Foremost among these is...
Slavery history
When did slavery first start in the world? In perusing the FreeTheSlaves website, the first fact that emerges is it was nearly 9,000 years ago that sl...
Slavery in africa
Who first started slavery in Africa? The transatlantic slave trade began during the 15th century when Portugal, and subsequently other European kingdo...
Interesting facts about slavery in the usa
When was slavery a problem in the US? Slavery lasted in about half of U.S. states until 1865. As an economic system, slavery was largely replaced by s...