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Richard Robert Madden was a 19th-century Irish doctor who struggled with the legacy of his family's involvement in slavery. He went on to become a prominent campaigner in the worldwide anti-slavery movement and fought Irish racism in the US. 

February is black history month and with conservatives challenging Critical Race Theory, there’s one thing when studying history, we have to always remember and it is the victors that write the history. It is the duty, therefore, of every socialist to tell it like it was, and is, at every opportunity. In the battle of ideas that we wage against the ruling class, we must […]

The story of emancipation in the nations capital highlights how the abolition of slavery in the United States was a process, historians say.

Throughout the history of the Church, countless holy men and women have testified to the liberating power of Jesus Christ—often in the midst of very difficult c

Moravian missionaries were active in a transatlantic approach to the spiritual unity of Moravian communities scattered throughout the Caribbean islands and maintained a consistent set of beliefs through worship and conversion.

Today’s Quebec has drifted a great distance from the Quebec of 1832 that pursued equality when the Legislative Assembly passed the Emancipation Act to guarantee citizens the right to practise

A brief survey of the political organisation of human societies reveals an evolutionary q...

New Film: “New Light, the Rijksmuseum and Slavery” The Rijksmuseum recently opened its groundbreaking exhibition on the history of slavery in the Netherlands, “Slavery.” [Also see previous post .] During the past few years, Suriname-born director Ida Does have been working with the Rijksmuseum, filming behind the scenes in Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, and Suriname, to observe how the preparations by the curators of the museum took shape. It resulted in her latest film New Light, the Rijk...

South Africa’s long walk to economic freedom remains incomplete, to say the least. There are many competing versions out there regarding the path the walk should take from here. The EFF, as one of many examples, pointedly has the words 'Economic Freedom' in its name, and this is apparently the primary goal motivating its ‘Fighters'.

Yves here. This is a fascinating, if also deeply disturbing account of how a prosperous black community was attacked after North Carolina blacks also were starting to get political power by teaming up with white populists and Republicans. And you’ll see that “coup” is indeed the correct description. The fact that the Wilmington coup was a durable success and no perp was held to account was proof that the white backlash against rising blacks would go unchecked. If you were a Black person...