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Story of enslaved boy featured in 1748 Joshua Reynolds portrait emerges in new study | Slavery
For hundreds of years it was known simply as “Jersey”; He was an enslaved boy, approximately 11 years old, depicted…
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Pepys ‘curated’ letters to conceal being offered enslaved boy as bribe – research | UK news
His diaries would become famous for their vivid detail and frankness. But now, almost exactly 360 years after diarist Samuel…
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British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals | Slavery
An unprecedented investigation into the monarchy’s historical ties to slavery has found that the British crown and navy expanded and…
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Horror as women ‘enslaved, sterilised and raped’ in ‘genocide’ hell | World | News
Human rights groups condemned the United Nations for hosting a women’s empowerment summit in Beijing last week, claiming delegates overlooked…
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