Somerset v Stewart challenges slavery in England

A cross-confessional abolitionist committee was founded in London. Its campaign used petitions, print, testimony and consumer organizing. It helped build public pressure, while enslaved people’s...

A mass uprising of enslaved people in Saint-Domingue began a revolutionary process that defeated slavery and French colonial rule. The revolution made Black self-emancipation and sovereignty an...

Haiti declared independence after defeating French forces. It became the first independent Black republic and the only state created through a successful revolution by enslaved people. France later...

The Act legislated emancipation across most British colonies, with a transition period that compelled many formerly enslaved people to continue labouring as apprentices. The British state...

The London Charter of the International Military Tribunal included enslavement among crimes against humanity when committed against civilian populations in connection with other crimes within the...