Counting the cost of the slave trade:
Two hundred years after Parliament voted to abolish it, the British slave trade remains a highly emotive
and contentious subject.
Slave trade shameful, Blair says:
The UK's role in the slave trade is a matter of 'deep sorrow and regret', Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
Abolition's 'unexpected hero':
William Wyndham Grenville, the man who pushed through the law abolishing the slave trade has
almost been forgotten, and the house he loved has come close to destruction.
Abolitionist's house escapes ruin:
For the prime minister who piloted the law abolishing the slave trade, creating the Dropmore estate
was a lifelong labour of love.
The birth of modern campaigning:
If you have ever signed a petition, worn a charity wristband or taken part in a demonstration you owe
something to Thomas Clarkson.
Church 'needs to make amends':
A Church 'partly shaped by slavery' still needs to make amends, says the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Archbishops lead slave trade walk:
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have led a procession through London to mark the 200th
anniversary of Britain's abolition of the slave trade.
YouTube used to show slave past:
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have used an video-sharing website to highlight the history of slavery.
Poignant site to remember slave trade:
Amid the backdrop of crashing waves and palm trees, about 500 people assembled in the courtyard of
the former slave fort to remember those who passed through that door and others like it across Africa.
Americans follow African slave trail:
The BBC's Orla Guerin meets African Americans coming to Ghana in the hope of connecting spiritually
with West African ancestors sold into slavery.
Jamaican anger over slave trade:
On a plantation just outside the Jamaican capital, Kingston, we watched workers with long machetes slice
down towering stalks of sugar cane with industrial precision.
Ms Dynamite and the Maroons:
Niomi Daley, the British hip-hop star better known as Ms Dynamite, travelled to her ancestral land Jamaica
to make a documentary about slaves who fought back, as part of the BBC's season marking Britain's abolition
of the slave trade.
The legacy of slavery:
What do we mean by the legacy of slavery? Is it something measurable - or perhaps a feeling that echoes
of a terrible past can still be heard today?
