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Why we should remember…The Amnesty Act of 1872

Kris Manjapra“Black communities have had to pay for the failures of emancipation”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The failings of emancipation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20 inspirational quotes from women through history

Three female civil rights pioneers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ras Prince Monolulu: the horse-race tipster who transformed himself into an Abyssinian prince. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Gilded Age preview: “Entry into a world that really hasn't been covered on television before”

Escaping slavery in the American South. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Demerara slave uprising. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emma Dabiri"The Harder They Fall doesn’t engage with one of the main drivers behind the violence". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From slave to real Lone Ranger? The incredible life of black Wild West lawman Bass Reeves

Emma Dabiri“He dreamed a career that seemed impossible and made it a reality”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Zong Massacre: what the dark episode meant for the British slave trade and abolition

OpinionWhy WW2 commemorations need to recognise the Black contribution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Harder They Fall: the real cowboys who inspired the black Western

Black cowboys on screen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ira Aldridge: Shakespeare’s black Othello

African-American women’s battle for the vote. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Apartheid: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A West Indian immigrant in 1960s Britain: A real lonely Londoner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How ethnically diverse was Roman Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

David Olusoga on the extraordinary story of Olaudah Equiano. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Liberty and racism: an interconnected history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jamaica's Morant Bay Rebellion: brutality and outrage in the British empire

Emma Dabiri“Merriman-Labor’s searing satire of the British was not well received”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emma Dabiri“Anarcha Westcott should be hailed as a ‘mother of gynaecology’”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How should we teach the slave trade?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wartime Britain’s mixed-race babies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ida B Wells: civil rights activist and scourge of lynch mobs

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