Category : International

Slavery Abolition Act, (1833), in British history, was the act of Parliament that abolished slavery in most British colonies, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans...

The Enigmatic Legacy of the “Moor”: A Term Shrouded in History, Myth, and Misuse If the word “Moor” rings a bell from dusty novels, Renaissance...

Hearing arguments in the case of the Zong, a slave ship, the Chief Justice of the King’s Bench in London states that a massacre of...

A Forgotten Atrocity of the Atlantic Slave Trade In the annals of human suffering, few events stand out as starkly as the sinking of the...

In August 1781, a British slave ship, the Zong, left Ghana with 442 slaves aboard – twice the number it was designed to carry –...

This is the full text of Enoch Powell’s so-called ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, which was delivered to a Conservative Association meeting in Birmingham on April...

The Sans-Souci Palace, located in the town of Milot in northern Haiti, holds a significant place in history as a symbol of the country’s revolutionary...

Haitian Revolution, series of conflicts between 1791 and 1804 between Haitian slaves, colonists, the armies of the British and French colonizers, and a number of...

The Visionary Father of Modern Zionism Theodor Herzl (1860–1904) stands as one of the most pivotal figures in Jewish history, often hailed as the founder...

When Theodor Herzl began his quest to establish a homeland for the Jewish people, he sought out the support of the great powers to help...