Sculpture dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade at the entrance of the National Memorial for Peace And Justice

https://streetartutopia.com/2022/04/30/sculpture-dedicated-to-the-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade-at-the-entrance-of-the-national-memorial-for-peace-and-justice/

"while we often conceive of slavery as confined to Southern states, in reality it was connected to the entire American financial system and helped build fortunes across the country and the world."

Documenting Links Between Financial and Insurance Institutions and Slavery
https://www.hailegal.com/documenting-links-between-financial-and-insurance-institutions-and-slavery/

#America #USA #ChattelSlavery #Slavery #WhiteSupremacy #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #RacialCapitalism #USCivilWar #CivilWar #Abolition #BlackHistoryMonth

"Slavery may have ended—at least officially—in Massachusetts by 1783, but the ties between Harvard University & slavery continued. Beginning in the colonial period and continuing well into the 19th century, the University & its donors benefited from extensive financial ties to slavery."

Financial Ties: Harvard and the Slavery Economy
https://legacyofslaveryreport.harvard.edu/report/financial-ties-harvard-and-the-slavery-economy

#America #USA #ChattelSlavery #Slavery #WhiteSupremacy #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #RacialCapitalism #Abolition #BlackHistoryMonth

"These historic systems are often erroneously reduced to a social institution that benefited only a few inhumane families in the Mississippi Valley, and thereby accredited to a small part largely culminating with the the Civil War."

America, the House That Slavery Built
https://psmag.com/news/america-the-house-that-slavery-built/

#America #USA #ChattelSlavery #Slavery #WhiteSupremacy #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #RacialCapitalism #USCivilWar #CivilWar #Abolition #BlackHistoryMonth

Robert Burns & Black Lives

24 June, Alloway. Free – booking recommended

Clark McGinn examines Burns’s connections to the transatlantic slave trade, highlighting the paradoxes & moral conflicts during the poet’s time. He does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, presenting a nuanced portrait that challenges readers to reconcile Burns’s literary genius with the ethical ambiguities of his time.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/highlight-talk-clark-mcginn-on-burns-and-black-lives-tickets-1354716606839

#Scottish #literature #RobertBurns #TransatlanticSlaveTrade #18thcentury

Harvard Gazette: SlaveVoyages finds new home at Harvard. “SlaveVoyages was the result of nearly four decades of scholarly contributions, with researchers from multiple institutions working painstakingly to digitize handwritten records from archives worldwide. Today, its multisource dataset, currently housed at Rice University, features information on more than 30,000 slaving vessels that […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/harvard-gazette-slavevoyages-finds-new-home-at-harvard/