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06/24/2026
Looking Beyond Knives, Buttons and Beaded Aprons: Indigenous and Maroon Agency in Colonial Collecting Practices and the Provenance of Ten Surinamese Objects in The Netherlands
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13500775.2026.2683276
06/24/2026
Bryan Stevenson on Confronting America’s Legacy of Slavery When Bryan Stevenson moved to Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1980s, th...
06/24/2026
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/18/barbados-prime-minister-manifesto-slavery-reparations
Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations Updated document, which emphasises harm done to African women, is being considered by other Caribbean countries
06/24/2026
Ghana conference calls for formal apology for transatlantic slave trade Global framework for reparatory justice adopted at event includes demand for compensation and debt relief
06/23/2026
https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-slave-trade-built-charleston/
How the Slave Trade Built Charleston - JSTOR Daily The city's prosperity grew from a system that trafficked human beings and turned their lives into profit.
06/23/2026
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-enslaved-south-carolinians-who-rowed-to-freedom/
The Enslaved South Carolinians Who Rowed to Freedom Along the Lowcountry’s Inner Passage, they steered south by starlight as slave catchers pursued them toward Spanish Florida. This Juneteenth, their names should not be forgotten.
06/23/2026
LIMITLESS, A Film Series The Limitless film series brings together award-winning films from across the African Diaspora, including the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, the Caribbean, French Guiana, Nigeria, and Zambia. Spanning narrative, documentary, and experimental work, these films explore speculative futures, anc...