Category - transatlantic slave trade

Church bodies in joint call for slavery reparations

agency reporter — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:25:02 +0000

Churches and society at large need to offer reparation to descendants of those enslaved, tortured and murdered by the transatlantic slave trade, says an international conference sponsored by three major ecumenical organizations.

Commemoration remembers millions of Africans who died as slaves

agency reporter — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:46:56 +0000

An ecumenical Christian commemoration of the millions of Africans who died in the barbaric cruelty of the transatlantic slave trade is also highlighting the continuing oppression of their descendants around the world.

Tony Blair should make clear slavery apology, says world churches chief

staff writers — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:33:28 +0000

The head of the World Council of Churches has asked PM Tony Blair to change his mind and make an unambiguous apology for Britain's involvement in the slave trade.

Senior bishop criticises evangelicals and other Christians over slave trade abolition

staff writers — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:00:48 +0000

A senior Church of England bishop has criticised evangelicals who backed the campaign to end the transatlantic slave trade and highlighted how his predecessors justified the trade and opposed William Wilberforce's attempts to end it.

Bicentenary of UK Parliament’s Abolition of Slave Trade

Jordan Tchilingirian — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:06:51 +0000

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Bicentenary of UK Parliament’s Abolition of Slave Trade
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Freedom! sculpture tours UK to mark bicentenary of slave trade abolition

staff writers — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:00:34 +0000

As the UK commemorates the end of the slave trade, an original sculpture has been commissioned by Christian Aid and National Museums Liverpool from a group of Haitian artists representing their continuing struggle for freedom and human rights.