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Institute for the Study of Slavery - The University of Nottingham

Research on both historical and contemporary slavery and forced labour in all parts of the globe and through all periods.

International Slavery Museum

The International Slavery Museum highlights the international importance of slavery, both in a historic and contemporary context. Working in partnership with other museums with a focus on freedom and enslavement, the museum provides opportunities for greater awareness and understanding of the legacy of slavery today. It is located in Liverpool's Albert Dock, at the centre of a World Heritage site and only yards away from the dry docks where 18th century slave trading ships were repaired and fitted out.

Legacies of British Slave-ownership

The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership has been established at UCL with the generous support of the Hutchins Center at Harvard. The Centre will build on two earlier projects based at UCL tracing the impact of slave-ownership on the formation of modern Britain: the ESRC-funded Legacies of British Slave-ownership project (2009-2012), and the ESRC and AHRC-funded Structure and significance of British Caribbean slave-ownership 1763-1833 (2013-2015). The site has databases for the estates and maps of slave owners.

Parliament & the British Slave Trade 1600-1833

History of the British Slave Trade and its abolition by the British Parliament. Includes transcripts of two petitions raised by the people of Manchester, Lancashire, in connection with the bill for abolition.

Quakers & Slavery Updated

Abolition was a cause whose beginnings and sustenance came largely from Quakers in northeastern America and England. This project is a joint venture of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges.

Reconnecting Diverse Rural Communities

Black presences and the legacies of slavery and colonialism in rural Britain, c.1600-1939.

Runaway Slaves in Britain: bondage, freedom and race in the eighteenth century

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database - Voyages

A database that encompasses British, Dutch, French, Portuguese and Liverpool datasets into one data set. A corroborative effort by several well known universities funded with grants from many well known sources. This project has been ongoing since 1999. Outstanding contributors include Emory University, University of Hull, York University, University Federal Rio de Janerio. Records are collected from the archives of 18th century newspapers as well as collections in Rio de Janerio, Luanda, Bahia, Lisbon, Havana, Madrid, Sevilla, Amsterdam, Middelburg, Copenhagen and London.

Understanding Slavery Initiative

A national learning project which supports the teaching and learning of transatlantic slavery and its legacies using museum and heritage collections.