On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

A new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that the nation's civil war is long gone and reintroduce one of Africa's great destinations to the world.

Villanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly ...

Fact has finally been established on the claim that Donald Trump has ordered the UK to released former Liberian president ...

Kidnapped and trafficked from modern-day Sierra Leone to Havana on a larger vessel ... three of these portraits are now on display, “In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World ...

People lived in what is now Sierra Leone 2,500 years ago. They learned to smelt iron, mastered agriculture, passed the way from the slave system to feudalism. Many tribes lived here, but as a result ...

After they were stolen from Sierra Leone, shipped to Cuba and put aboard ... stereotypical racist caricatures often associated with slavery-era imagery—illustrated their personhood.

I've received this from Stephen Glynn in the US who suggests an interesting resource for those interested in anti-slavery patrols: I absolutely love listening to your podcasts, and I have especially ...

Sierra Leone is bounded by Guinea to the north and northeast, Liberia to the south and southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Emergence of the Nation. When the slave trade began to be outlawed ...

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