It is known that the colonisers used Christianity as a means to colonising the continent of Africa. But what isn’t well-known are the Bible passages used to ‘justify’ slavery. In the book of Genesis, Noah put a curse on his…
Here is a short story about one of the first superhero collectives – The Sons of Africa. After escaping slavery or in some cases buying their freedom, these former enslaved men worked together to abolish slavery. These men were different…
When is a slave not a slave?.. When they are considered an apprentice! Around the 1830s, Great Britain had finally heard the campaigners and sided with the abolitionists. The government passed the bill to abolish slavery. SUCCESS! Some Brits understood…
September 19th is officially ‘Talk like a Pirate Day’. Who comes up with this for real haha! I’m not going to talk like a pirate, however I will tell you about Black Caesar. The notorious pirate who terrorised the seven…
“You are to use every means in your power to prevent a continuance of the traffic in slaves.” Commodore Sir George Ralph Collier Slavery was one of Britain’s biggest earners, and there were many opposers in the country who did…
These past few months have been crazy to say the least. Following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, there have been worldwide protests at the treatment of black people and the inequalities we face are also coming to…
When is a slave not a slave? When they are considered an apprentice! Around the 1830s, Great Britain had finally heard the campaigners and sided with the abolitionists. The government passed the bill to abolish slavery. SUCCESS! Some Brits understood…
